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 byFrances-Anne Solomon
Screenplay byFrances-Anne Solomon, Nickolai Salcedo, Akley Olton
Produced byFrances-Anne Solomon, Lisa Wickham, Anne Marie Stewart
Distributed byCaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, Capital Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 19 May 2019 (2019-May-19)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesTrinidad and Tobago
Canada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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.
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