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]
| 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 |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | Trinidad and Tobago Canada |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editIn 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "AMAA 2019 Full List Of Winners". www.ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ admin. "New "HERO" movie takes on Toronto, Then the world…". Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ McCahill, Mike (21 June 2019). "Hero review – biopic of a world-changing Trinidadian war hero". The Guardian.