“Hero: Inspired by The Extraordinary Life and Times of Ulric Cross” — a feature film about an amazing man’s connections with World War II, African independence, the Black Power movement and international activism — will be screened Tuesday in Los Angeles at the opening night of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival. 

In a sport dom­i­nat­ed by men, it is a wel­comed sight to see women get­ting in­volved in the Bil­liards Sports Or­gan­i­sa­tion’s Na­tion­al Pool League (NPL). Cur­rent­ly, there are sev­en women reg­is­tered to play in the NPL, how­ev­er, to date on­ly two have seen any ac­tion, Brit­ney Jagdeo of Gold­en Arch­es Snipers (once) and Up­per Deck’s Priya Gomes Mo­ra (9 times).