Why did the British Empire burn, sink, and hide these documents? - Audra A. Diptée
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In 2009, five Kenyan people took a petition to the British Prime Minister. They claimed they endured human rights abuses in the 1950s, while Kenya was under British colonial rule, and demanded reparations. They had no documentary evidence that Britain sanctioned systems of torture— but thousands of secret files were waiting to be discovered. Audra Diptée digs into the Operation Legacy documents.
In response to the mistreatment of detainees, Britain's attorney general in Kenya, Eric Griffith-Jones, said, "If we are going to sin, we must sin quietly." What are the implications of that statement? What might have happened if British policies had been made public in the 1950s?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Audra A. Diptée
- Director Hernando Bahamon
- Narrator Christina Greer
- Composer Manuel Borda
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Anna Bechtol, Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Cella Wright
