AN AWARD-winning film about the life of a Trinidadian World War II RAF pilot, who...
Hero – The Extraordinary Life Of Mr Ulric Cross, the result of an eight-year labour of love, will be broadcast on the eve of Windrush Day
She only agreed to work on the film at the request of her mother. A friend of the family had called Solomon’s mother before he died and told her he wanted to get a film made about Ulric Cross. As she knew Cross she took the request seriously and got her daughter involved with the project as well as raising some of the money needed to make the film.was finally completed in 2018 after a long battle to get funding.
Among these pioneers was a young man from Trinidad called Ulric Cross. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Cross made the decision to leave his home on the island, where he worked on the railways, to train as a navigator with the RAF.Cross rose through the ranks to become an officer and was selected to join the elite Pathfinder Force, a group of personnel who were responsible for marking targets prior to bombing raids.
He was a key ally of people like Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister and president of Ghana and Pan Africanist journalist and author George Padmore who were passionate about creating a united Africa.After leaving the RAF, he trained as a barrister. Cross would go on to work in Ghana, arriving there one month after it gained independence going on to become a judge.
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