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Hero is a Trinidad and Tobago film produced and directed by Frances-Anne Solomon.[1][2] It 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
Release date	September 18, 2018 (2018-September-18)
Running time	111 minutes
Countries	Trinidad and Tobago Canada
Language	English

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.[1] His life took a dramatically different course when he followed the call of history, and joined the independence movements sweeping Africa in the 50s and 60s.[4]

Cast

• Kofi Adjorlolo as Asantehene
• Jimmy Akingbola as Kwame Nkrumah
• Giles Alderson as Professor J. Hawker
• Tessa Alexander as Ulric's Mother
• Adjetey Anang as Patrice Lumumba
• 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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