Frances-Anne Solomon (partial data)

Countries: Canada / Trinidad and Tobago / United Kingdom

Films directed by Frances-Anne Solomon

I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990)
Reunion: West Indian Women at War (1993) (also known as: "Reunion")
Bideshi (1995)
What My Mother Told Me (1995)
Peggy Su! (1997)
A Winter Tale (2007)
Human Traffic: Past and Present (2012) (also known as: "Human Traffic")
Hero (2019) (also known as: "Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross", "Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr. Ulric Cross")

Quotes by Frances-Anne Solomon

"Being a member of the directors' branch [of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] is incredibly significant to me because of all the things I do, the centre of myself is as a director, and it's also the hardest role for a woman, and a woman of colour, to be recognised in, because it is the prime creative role. So that is a source of great pride to me, that I am recognised by the Academy as a director."
-- Frances-Anne Solomon (source)

"There is a lot of work to be done to undo the biases within our industry as it relates to women of colour. As somebody who's worked in this industry for 30 years, I know what that discrimination is about. So while I do think there has been major change, I don't think it's benefited women in the same way. The changes that need to happen are systemic. Barriers to equality exist within the funding organizations, the distribution organizations, every sector of the industry. If you get through one, then you hit another. Now is the time to push and to call out and to claim."
-- Frances-Anne Solomon (source)

For QUOTES about a specific film by Frances-Anne Solomon, please see: I Is a Long Memoried Woman What My Mother Told Me Peggy Su! A Winter Tale Hero

Notes about Frances-Anne Solomon

Born in London, England.
Grew up in Trinidad.
Moved to Canada at age eighteen.
Studied theatre at the University of Toronto.
Moved to England after university.
Worked at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) for 12 years.
Returned to Canada.
Founded CaribbeanTales in 2001.

(sources)

Bibliography for Frances-Anne Solomon

Section 1: Publications about Frances-Anne Solomon

Journal Articles

Simpson, Hyacinth. "The Caribbean, On Screen: A Conversation with Frances-Anne Solomon." Imaginations 6, no. 2 (2015): 98-111.

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Lindo, Paula. "Filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon: 'Movies must tell our Caribbean stories'." Interview with Frances-Anne Solomon. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, November 8, 2020.
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. "Solomon: Oscar diversity impact will take a long time." Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, February 4, 2020.

Web Sites

"Frances-Anne." https://www.francesannesolomon.com/. [official site]

Section 2: Publications about the Films of Frances-Anne Solomon

I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990)

Brief Sections of Journal Articles

Antoine-Dunne, Jean. "Words Are Not Enough." Journal of West Indian Literature 25, no. 2 (2017). (pp. 53-54)

What My Mother Told Me (1995)

Brief Sections of Dissertations

Nge, Carmen. "The Return of the 'Native': Visualizing Place and Narrating Homecoming." PhD diss., Brandeis University, 2004. (pp. 7-10)

Peggy Su! (1997)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Rees, Jasper. "Television drama: In the end, Peggy Su gets married." Review of Peggy Su!. Independent on Sunday, August 23, 1998.
Straits Times. "Peggy Su! warts and all." The Straits Times (Singapore), July 15, 1997.

A Winter Tale (2007)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Griffin, John. "Stepping up in a time of sorrow; A child is killed in a drive-by shooting and one social worker can't stand the silence that follows in fact-based A Winter Tale." Montreal Gazette, August 30, 2007.
Thompson, Laura. "A city tale about victims of gun crime: TV movie about child caught in crossfire." National Post, April 10, 2006.

Hero (2019) (also known as: "Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross", "Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr. Ulric Cross")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Andrews, Nigel. "Hero is a remarkable film about a virtuous man." Review of Hero. Financial Times (London), October 2, 2019.
Johnston, Trevor. "Hero." Review of Hero. Sight & Sound, vol. 29, no. 10, October 2019.
Maher, Kevin. "Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr Ulric Cross review—war hero's tale dulled by am-dram." Review of Hero. Times (London), October 4, 2019.
McCahill, Mike. "Hero review—biopic of a world-changing Trinidadian war hero." Review of Hero. Guardian, June 21, 2019.
McCallister, Jared. "Film story of Trinidad and Tobago-born Ulric Cross' story—from World War II flying ace to influential Pan-African activist—screens in Los Angles Tuesday." Daily News (New York), February 8, 2020.
Mondezie, Michael. "Vivid depiction of a hero: Film on life of Ulric Cross." Daily Express (Trinidad and Tobago), September 20, 2018.
Saunders, Tristram Fane. "The heroic life that's finally on the silver screen." Daily Telegraph (UK), June 20, 2019.
Surtees, Joshua. "Hero's journey from Hitler to Africa overshoots target." Review of Hero. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, September 16, 2018.