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HERO – INSPIRED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE & TIMES OF MR. ULRIC CROSS

Shot in Trinidad, the UK, Ghana and Canada, HERO is the story of Ulric Cross, who in 1941 left his small island home in Trinidad to seek his fortune and become the British Royal Air Force's most decorated West Indian airman. His life took a dramatically different course when he followed the call of history and joined the independence movements sweeping Africa in the 1950s and '60s. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, HERO boasts an all-star, international and pan-African cast including Jamaican-born Peter Williams (STARGATE SG-1); the UK's Joseph Marcell (FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR), Fraser James (RESIDENT EVIL) and Pippa Nixon (JOHN CARTER); Ghanaian superstars John Dumelo and Adjetey Anang and Trinidad and Tobago's Nickolai Salcedo in the lead role as Ulric Cross. Official Selection, 2018 Trinidad and Tobago and CaribbeanTales film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD Frances-Anne Solomon. Trinidad and Tobago/Canada/Ghana/UK, 2018, color, 110 min. In English. NOT RATED

No AFI Member passes accepted.