Frances-Anne Solomon

Directing

Frances-Anne Solomon

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Kingston Paradise poster
NR

A hustler's journey into chaos to steal a car and his lady friends dream for peace from a painting, forces a crime that changes their lives forever.

Kingston Paradise

2013

Bideshi poster
NR

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.

Bideshi

1995

I ls a Long-Memoried Woman poster
8.0

A drama/dance adaptation of a collection of poems by Grace Nichols. By drawing on elements of African culture, it tells of a spiritual journey of an African woman taken in captivity to the Caribbean, her experiences as a slave, and how she survives being uprooted from her native land. Dramatised sequences are interspersed with Grace Nichol's comments about her poems, placed in the context of Afro-Caribbean history.

I ls a Long-Memoried Woman

1990

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross poster
7.0

Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

2019

What My Mother Told Me poster
9.0

Jesse, a young woman from England, goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.

What My Mother Told Me

1995

Speak Like a Child poster
4.2

Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The desolate beauty of the coastline is captured in stunning panoramas, while strong performances by the young cast help to create a lyrical and poignant drama.

Speak Like a Child

1998

Behind the camera

Kingston Paradise poster
NR

A hustler's journey into chaos to steal a car and his lady friends dream for peace from a painting, forces a crime that changes their lives forever.

Kingston Paradise

2013

Bideshi poster
NR

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.

Bideshi

1995

I ls a Long-Memoried Woman poster
8.0

A drama/dance adaptation of a collection of poems by Grace Nichols. By drawing on elements of African culture, it tells of a spiritual journey of an African woman taken in captivity to the Caribbean, her experiences as a slave, and how she survives being uprooted from her native land. Dramatised sequences are interspersed with Grace Nichol's comments about her poems, placed in the context of Afro-Caribbean history.

I ls a Long-Memoried Woman

1990

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross poster
7.0

Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

2019

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross poster
7.0

Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.

Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

2019

What My Mother Told Me poster
9.0

Jesse, a young woman from England, goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.

What My Mother Told Me

1995

What My Mother Told Me poster
9.0

Jesse, a young woman from England, goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.

What My Mother Told Me

1995

Speak Like a Child poster
4.2

Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The desolate beauty of the coastline is captured in stunning panoramas, while strong performances by the young cast help to create a lyrical and poignant drama.

Speak Like a Child

1998

Reunion: West Indian Women at War poster
NR

In 1943 300 middle class "coloured" women from across the West Indies were recruited to the ATS, a branch of the British Army. This documentary documents for the first time the contribution of these women to WW2.

Reunion: West Indian Women at War

1993

Reunion: West Indian Women at War poster
NR

In 1943 300 middle class "coloured" women from across the West Indies were recruited to the ATS, a branch of the British Army. This documentary documents for the first time the contribution of these women to WW2.

Reunion: West Indian Women at War

1993

White Men Are Cracking Up poster
5.3

Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

White Men Are Cracking Up

1996

A Winter Tale poster
8.5

Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local dealer kills a child. In the aftermath of shock, Gene, a 40 something social worker starts a Black men's support group, at the local Caribbean Takeaway Restaurant.

A Winter Tale

2007

A Winter Tale poster
8.5

Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local dealer kills a child. In the aftermath of shock, Gene, a 40 something social worker starts a Black men's support group, at the local Caribbean Takeaway Restaurant.

A Winter Tale

2007

Memsahib Rita poster
8.0

Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.

Memsahib Rita

1994

Peggy Su! poster
7.5

Peggy wants to be married.......

Peggy Su!

1997