HERO reception, screening, Q&A hosted by actor Rudolph Walker

Renowned actor Rudolph Walker of BBC Eastenders fame invites you to join him for a glass of Rum-punch and Doubles. before the screening of the hit movie “HERO – Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr.Ulric Cross”

8.30pm: Film Screening of HERO hosted by Rudolph Walker and His Excellency Orville London, High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

9.30pm : The film will be followed by a Q&A moderated by comedian Eddie Nestor – with the director Frances-Anne Solomon, Rudolph Walker and other members of the Cast.

Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
Starring: Jimmy Akingbola (Holby City), Joseph Marcell (Fresh Prince of Belair), Fraser James (Terminator) and starring Trinidad’s Nickolai Salcedo as Ulric Cross.

The Story: In 1941 Ulric Cross, a young man from Trinidad, left his island home to seek his fortune. He survived the Second World War as the RAF’s most decorated West Indian airman, but then his life followed a very different course, leading him to become a central figure in the independence movements sweeping Africa in the ’50s and ’60s.

HERO is not just about Cross’s extraordinary life and journey but about the dynamic and transformative times in which he lived. It tells the untold story of those Caribbean professionals who helped to liberate Africa from colonialism, shining a light on an important chapter in Caribbean history, and on Caribbean identity itself.