Watch: Tryweryn animated film that will be shown Cardiff International Film Festival

Why is it that in our schools are not taught about Tryweryn. The Infamous WelshNot campaign or the Blue Books slight among other important historical events that affected Wales throughout the ages. And sure for decades we've had our education system controlled by Whitehall which deliberately opted to teach an Anglocentric version of history rather than the true Welsh history. It's called suppression. Imagine not knowing about both World Wars. The Holocaust. South African Apartheid or the Race Riots of America. These are world important events. And yes those examples are extreme but we're often told to forget history tend to repeat it. So our history is as important. It must be told. If our children's children are not aware that we in Wales were invaded by England, our country annexed, it's laws dissolved with our Welsh language banned. And in the 1400s was legal to murder a Welshman in the English city if Chester. Had England forcibly remove a community from their land for water consumption for Liverpool with all our MPs bar one voting to stop it but we're ignored by the English state. And between the 16th 17th, 18th & 19th centuries had its children physically & mentally abused by the Westminster for speaking their own Welsh language with the WelshNot campaign. The ethnic slight 'Welshing/Welching on a deal.' Some say it's a racing term, but in reality it was used after Welsh mercenaries fighting alongside their English counterparts were often required to murder their own people, so either refused or turned their weapons on the English hence Welshing on deal and how the Welsh were deemed untrustworthy. How English school children were taught by the English state a racist song called 'Taffy is a Welshman, Taffy is a Thief' with the end outcome Taffy being beaten to death. True. I think the main reason why Welsh history is suppressed, is that Whitehall fears an uprising due to the truth being taught . They prefer an ignorant Wales. A Wales that lacks not only confidence in its own ability but is a divided and ashamed. And what they hate the most is the Welsh rediscovering who they really are. A native people with roots firmly planted on this island for over 34,000 yrs. Were Britain's first farmers . Builders of Stonehenge. Have a literary past older than England, Scotland & Ireland that educated Welshmen Saint Patrick, & Saint David among others of note Were the first Christians of Britain & Ireland. Founded the first seat of learning at Côr Tewdws nearly 1000+ before Oxford & Cambridge. This is why. Knowledge is power. Be enlightened not dimmed by Unionism.

That is such a good idea. It will help students studying second language Welsh a level. How do I get hold of the film for my son who is studying Welsh a level? Many thanks Liz [email protected]

On the closing of Capel Celyn Chapel, September 1963 “Na ato yr Arglwydd i mi roddi treftadaeth fy hynafiaid i ti” - 1 Brenhinoedd 21 A dam, hard hewn from hillside stone Stands tall above the softly rippling, whispering sea  That is Tryweryn Deep and black as a cwm’s last coal mine Cold and still as an empty chapel On Sunday morning For good, for worse, we closed the book -  Had to, you see. “Capel Celyn ar gau” Our chapel an “argae” But the language never mattered to us then. Through kith and kin the rock faced guardians of Wales Saw generations of Celtic dissolution Their grey and hardy slate unmarked by tales Of our small nation’s imminent dilution And as these solemn stones stand, sentinel To the silent suffrage of the waves of Cwm Celyn We at Cilmeri watched the slaughter of Llewelyn And, standing tall, could never save Tryweryn. NLW - 1991