A thought-provoking drama-documentary about Ulric Cross, an Raf pilot and diplomat who was a go-between in several African countries’ independence struggles
Released to coincide with Windrush Day, this engaged drama-documentary pays tribute to Ulric Cross, the Trinidadian who became the most decorated of the Raf’s West Indian recruits during the second world war; he later became a producer-presenter with the BBC, then a go-between in several African countries’ struggles against imperialism.
From the off, writer-director Frances-Anne Solomon strikes a wistful note, wavering between celebration of an extraordinary existence and regret around the aims unachieved in that lifetime. Footage of the actual, ailing Cross prompts daughter Nicola to remark that, to winkle these details out, “it’s just so silly that it takes some dying”. As Britain re-examines where it stands in relation to the Windrush arrivals, it is timely viewing, to say the least, though it finally offers an...
Released to coincide with Windrush Day, this engaged drama-documentary pays tribute to Ulric Cross, the Trinidadian who became the most decorated of the Raf’s West Indian recruits during the second world war; he later became a producer-presenter with the BBC, then a go-between in several African countries’ struggles against imperialism.
From the off, writer-director Frances-Anne Solomon strikes a wistful note, wavering between celebration of an extraordinary existence and regret around the aims unachieved in that lifetime. Footage of the actual, ailing Cross prompts daughter Nicola to remark that, to winkle these details out, “it’s just so silly that it takes some dying”. As Britain re-examines where it stands in relation to the Windrush arrivals, it is timely viewing, to say the least, though it finally offers an...
- 6/21/2019
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
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