Tomorrow's Front Page Story by sweirsweir Tonight
The grand world tour for HERO begins next Thursday By Stephen Weir / Caribbean Camera For local filmmaker Frances-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. Ulric Cross ," 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 ) , t he 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 s