Hero (2018 film)

2019 film by Frances-Anne Solomon

Hero

Directed by| Frances-Anne Solomon
Screenplay by| Frances-Anne Solomon, Nickolai Salcedo, Akley Olton
Produced by| Frances-Anne Solomon, Lisa Wickham, Anne Marie Stewart
Distributed by| CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, Capital Motion Pictures

Release date

* 19 May 2019 (2019-May-19)

Running time

| 111 minutes
Countries| Trinidad and Tobago
Canada
Language| English

Hero, also released as Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life of Mr. Ulric Cross, is a Trinidad and Tobago dramatic film inspired by the life of the Trinidadian RAF officer, lawyer and diplomat Ulric Cross (1917–2013). It was produced and directed by Frances-Anne Solomon[1][2] and won an award in the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature Film category.[3]

## Synopsis

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In 1941, Ulric Cross, a young man from Trinidad, leaves his island home to seek his fortune. He emerges from World War II as the RAF's most decorated West Indian.[1] His life takes a dramatically different course when he follows the call of history, and joins the independence movements sweeping Africa in the 1950s and '60s.[4]

Reviewed in The Guardian, the film was described as "stimulating and provocative – filmed history that means to prompt debate, rather than light matinee snoozing."[5]

## Cast

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* Nickolai Salcedo as Ulric Cross
* Pippa Nixon as Ann Cross
* Peter Williams as Anthony "Pony" MacFarlane
* Eric Kofi Abrefa as Kofi Mensah
* Jessica B. Hill as Nicola Cross
* Joseph Marcell as C. L. R. James
* Fraser James as George Padmore
* Jimmy Akingbola as Kwame Nkrumah
* John Dumelo as P. K. Asante
* Valerie Buhagiar as Daphne Park
* Prince David Osei as Mobutu Sese Seko
* O. C. Ukeje as Julius Nyerere
* Tessa Alexander as Ulric's Mother
* Adjetey Anang as Patrice Lumumba
* Ekow Smith Asante as Edouardo Mondlane
* Sam Asante as Journalist
* Jonathan Blaize as Young Ulric
* Ayinde Blake as RAF Pilot

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross". trinidad+tobago film festival. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
2. ^ T&T Performing Arts Network (18 July 2018). "HERO Opens Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival". The Trinidad and Tobago Performing Arts Network. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
3. ^ "AMAA 2019 Full List Of Winners". www.ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
4. ^ admin. "New "HERO" movie takes on Toronto, Then the world…". Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. ^ McCahill, Mike (21 June 2019). "Hero review – biopic of a world-changing Trinidadian war hero". The Guardian.

## External links

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* Hero at IMDb
* HERO Inspired By The Extraordinary Life & Times Of Mr. Ulric Cross at Library and Archives Canada