• Source: Hero (2018 film)

      • 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 and won an award in the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature Film category.


      Synopsis


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


      Cast


      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




      External links


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

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