14 December, 2024
18:30
LAB111

Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam

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Black Soil Film Festival x Caribbean Creativity X Africadelic: Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know (Amsterdam premiere)

On ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ at ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ and ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† present the ๐—”๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ of ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ at the ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ! This powerful documentary unearths the suppressed story of historian and activist ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, whose life was marked by surveillance, resistance, and an untimely assassination. Exploring Cold War conspiracies, colonial resistance, and Black Power, the film connects Rodneyโ€™s work to todayโ€™s social movements, showing how his revolutionary ideas continue to inspire. Featuring personal accounts from Rodneyโ€™s family, particularly his wife ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, and insights from figures like ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, and former President of Guyana ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, and the film is a timely reminder of empireโ€™s lasting impact on the world.

โ€˜๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎโ€™ (๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด.๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ).

๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜… ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ (๐—ก๐—Ÿ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!)
Date: Saturday December 14
Time: 18:30 hrs
Venue: LAB111, Amsterdam
Title: ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„
Director: Daniyal Harris-Vajda and Arlen Harris
Country: Guyanaย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พย and United Kingdomย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Year: 2024
Length: 72โ€ฒ
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Tickets:ย https://bit.ly/walter-rodney-amsterdam

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ:ย https://bit.ly/walter-rodney-rotterdamย /ย www.facebook.com/events/1200598891745273

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ, ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ https://blacksoilfilmfestival.comย /ย www.facebook.com/blacksoilff

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ is a feature-length documentary that explores the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney and the Cold War conspiracies, Black Power movements, and colonial legacies connected to it โ€” all linking to todayโ€™s surveillance, policing, and activism. For the first time, Rodneyโ€™s widow Patricia Rodney shares the personal toll of his murder on their family. Highlighting the demand for alternative historical perspectives, the film includes insights from Angela Davis, Gina Miller, and former Guyanese President Donald Ramotar. Premiering at the British Film Instituteโ€™s largest screen to a sold-out audience, the film uncovers Rodneyโ€™s surveillance from age 19 after his visits to Russia and Cuba, as his academic and activist work was deemed threatening by British intelligence. A secret propaganda unit even financed negative reviews of his landmark book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, which remains influential in modern movements like BLM and Pan-Africanism. Through declassified documents, intimate interviews, and reenactments, the documentary captures Rodneyโ€™s enduring global legacy, filmed with local crews in the Caribbean, U.S., Africa, and the U.K. Supported by The Walter Rodney Foundation & The Ameena Gafoor Institute.

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†
๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ is an Amsterdam-based platform and festival promoting African and African diasporic cultural creativity, diversity and activism in the Netherlands. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† is a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands and beyond.