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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.

In April 2019, she was recognized and awarded the Black Business and Professional Association Harry Jerome Award for Culture, an award given to a black individual who is a change maker when it comes to enhancing Caribbean and African culture in the community.

The 28th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) will open with the film “HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Revolutionary Life and Times of Diplomat and Judge Ulric Cross,” directed by Caribbean filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon. The festival will kick off festivities with a star-studded Opening Night Gala at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11,…

Canadian director Frances-Anne Solomon heads to Los Angeles for Oscar Week as she casts her vote for the first time as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

When Frances-Anne Solomon received an email from filmmaker Ava DuVernay letting her know she was being invited to the Oscars academy, she thought someone was pulling her leg. “I thought it was a hoax,” she told Matt Galloway with a laugh on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning. “I showed it around my office and everybody thought…

Tobago-born actor Winston Duke (Black Panther, Us) and Canada-based filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, who was born to Trinidadian parents, have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organisation behind the Academy Awards.

I am a filmmaker, artist, and cultural entrepreneur from Trinidad — and that defines me. But I’ve lived most of my life outside of the Caribbean and so a global perspective is very much a part of who I am. I am a woman of color identifying myself very much like a feminist — or…

Filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon has produced and directed both dramas and documentaries. Her latest release, Hero, dramatises the life of Caribbean war hero turned pan-African activist Ulric Cross. Just as no laws govern who can write a biography, any filmmaker is free to turn their attention to a person’s life, Solomon confirms, even if that portrayal…

How she navigated the film industry as a woman of colour, her career path from the BBC to founding the CaribbeanTales Media Group Her advice to women entering the film industry.