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The grand world tour for HERO begins next Thursday By Stephen Weir / Caribbean Camera For local filmmakerFrances-Anne Solomon,the best outcome for next week’s Canadian premiere of her new movie is that audiences in Toronto and Hamilton will give the feature a Hero’s welcome.  After a successful launch late last year in Trinidad, HERO,"inspired By The Extraordinary Life & Times Of Mr. UlricCross," is about to be screened at theatres in the GTA and across Canada.   Filmed in Trinidad, Ghana, the United Kingdom and Canada, HERO is the full-length docudrama about Ulric Cross (played by Trinidad and Tobago singer Nickolai Salcedo), the famed Trinidadian World War II airman. This is a big vision film that tells the story of  the West Indies’ most decorated war veteran. Cross was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force and went on after the war to become a jurist and an African diplomat. His life spanned key events of the 20th century when several African and Caribbean countries …