The 28th annual Pan African Film Festival — the nation’s largest and most prestigious black film fest — opened its doors for its premiere night with a screening of the film "Hero." The resounding message from the red carpet by celebrities and community leaders was...
"HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Revolutionary Life and Times of Diplomat and Judge Ulric Cross," directed by Caribbean filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon opened the 28th Annual Pan African Film and Art Festival. Along with the cast, celebrities and VIP guests packed the red carpet ready to...
History was made last night as Parasite became the first foreign language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. We’re checking in with Frances-Anne Solomon, local filmmaker and academy voter, who joins us live from Los Angeles this morning...
Hero: Inspired by The Extraordinary Life and Times of Ulric Cross – a feature film about an amazing man’s connections with World Ward II, African independence, the Black Power movement and international activism – will be screened Tuesday in Los Angeles at the opening night...
The story of Pan-Africanism told through one extraordinary life. Toronto filmmaker Frances Anne Solomon talks about her film Hero, and Ulric Cross, the most decorated West Indian of World War II....
Claudia is joined by three directors who are featured in the Pan African Film Festival. These filmmakers are adamant about making Black films great again. Fox Soul is a new live and interactive streaming channel dedicated to the African American viewer. The programs aim to celebrate...
The 28th Annual Pan African Film + Arts Festival, the nation’s largest presentation of movies by Blacks, opens with the internationally acclaimed motion picture, "Hero." The gripping production, written and directed by Frances-Anne Solomon, is inspired by the extraordinary and revolutionary life of Ulric Cross, who...
TRINI-CANADIAN filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon said the new diversity in the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take a long time to have an impact....
Writer, producer and director Frances-Anne Solomon is here to talk about becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
Canadian director Frances-Anne Solomon talks about diversity, women directors and heading to Los Angeles for Oscar week....