◆ Pioneers & Heroes · Across the Diaspora

HERO: The Extraordinary Life of Ulric Cross

Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
Origin: Trinidad & Tobago · UK · Canada
Runtime: 1h 51m · + short 45 min
Venue: Cinema Golau / Conversation Corner, 26 Lillie Road, West Brompton, London
Date: Thu Oct 22 · 18:30–21:00

Buy Tickets HereCinema Golau / Conversation Corner, 26 Lillie Road, West Brompton, London

◆ The Feature

HERO tells the extraordinary story of Ulric Cross — Trinidadian lawyer, RAF navigator and pan-African statesman — whose life spans empire, independence and the making of modern Africa. Frances-Anne Solomon moves between drama, archive and testimony to recover a diasporic life the history books mislaid. Screened alongside Horace Ové's Baldwin's Nigger (1969), his landmark document of James Baldwin and Dick Gregory in conversation.

◆ The Shorts

BNStill TBA

Baldwin's Nigger

Horace Ové · UK · 1969 · 45 min

Horace Ové's 1969 document of James Baldwin and Dick Gregory in conversation — race, power and the Black diaspora, filmed live at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

◆ The Filmmakers

Frances-Anne Solomon

Director · HERO

Award-winning Trinidadian-Canadian filmmaker and WICFF founding director, CEO of CaribbeanTales Media Group and lifelong diasporic storyteller.

Horace Ové

Director · Baldwin's Nigger

Trinidadian-British filmmaker widely regarded as the father of Black British cinema, director of Pressure (1975) and a lifelong chronicler of diasporic life.