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News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Thurs. Feb. 27, 2020: Following a sold-out Opening Night of the 28th Pan African Film and Arts Festival, (PAFF) with more than 1000 patrons at the Director’s Guild of America in West Hollywood, and two subsequent packed screenings, Frances-Anne Solomon’s HERO was awarded the newly created Ja’Net Feature Narrative Award, renamed…

Ayuko Babu is the heart and soul of the Pan African Film Festival. He made his annual trip to the Wave to talk about this year’s festival and he brought along filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, writer, producer and director of this year’s opening night film “Hero”. Joining our conversation was actor Nickolai Salcedo who portrays Ulric…

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 that of perseverance; to “keep going.”

“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 experience an exciting evening. Solomon leads a pack of women…

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 of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival.

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 black culture and deal with real topics that impact…

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 was a Trinidad Tobago citizen, diplomat and judge.

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.