My Black History Story – Part 2
When I was 5 years old, my father joined the Trinidad and Tobago foreign service, and was posted first to...
08 February, 2021
My Black History Story – Part 1
Sometimes I smile to myself when I consider that only one month in the year is dedicated to celebrating Black...
02 February, 2021
Why Telling the stories of the Windrush Generation is A Must!
I was born in England to Trinidadian Windrush Generation parents and though there was no way of knowing it at...
14 October, 2020
15 years old – My Little Festival is All Grown Up!
I didn’t know when I started CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) in August of 2006 that it would grow...
27 July, 2020
Why I Decided To Offer A Masterclass Webinar Series
“Where there are experts, there will be no lack of learners.” - Swahili Proverb Next Sunday July 5th at 4pm, I...
25 June, 2020
What Is Your Historical Lens?
Advertising and marketing missteps are not new – some of the more recent ones that come to mind: the...
08 August, 2019
Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Ulric Cross – cast and crew interview | BFI
[embed]https://youtu.be/pzWvbJMdIos[/embed] I recently returned from England where Hero was so well-received by audiences that we are heading back in the...
26 June, 2019
Women of colour the missing ingredient in Canadian film industry
'Our aim is to ensure representation of women of colour in the media industries,' writes Frances-Anne Solomon OPINION MAR 29, 2019...
25 April, 2019
“It has been surprising to me as a female that opportunities have been hard to come by, yet I kept going.” with Frances-Anne Solomon
I wish I had known that I would succeed despite all obstacles, that nothing would stop me. It has been...
25 April, 2019
The Success Of Black Filmmakers Shows We Are Finally Being Heard
We deserve three-dimensional characters who look like us, in every genre. Frances-Anne SolomonWriter, producer, director, curator and distributor in film,...
25 April, 2019