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- Even with all of its jarring plight, what triumphs over the film’s tone is the love the athletes have for the sport. It is not necessary to be a hockey fan to absorb “Black Ice.” The players’ resilience, passion, and grit are the true subjects, and our admiration for the players motivates the film even as racism demands spotlight.
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Jul 14, 2023 · From director Hubert Davis, “Black Ice” is an icebreaking expose on the influence and oppression of Black athletes in Canada’s most treasured sport, hockey. “Black Ice” is a historical document within the sphere of sports and outside of it, with anthropological context added.
Black Ice evokes a variety of emotions, from sadness to anger and shame, and is not only a damning and enlightening look at racism in hockey, but in Canada at-large. Full Review | Jul 19, 2023
Jul 13, 2023 · Hubert Davis’s “Black Ice” candidly and sensitively recounts the experiences of athletes of color in Canadian hockey, and racism endured at the hands of other players, coaches and fans.
- 97 min
- Nicolas Rapold
Jul 13, 2023 · Review: Well-sourced hockey doc ‘Black Ice’ throws its weight behind a racial indictment. The masks don’t hide everything and the padding doesn’t always protect in Canadian filmmaker ...
- Robert Abele
Jul 10, 2023 · Black Ice is a documentary about the color barrier in ice hockey, how Black hockey players had to face an uphill battle, and what is being done to address the problems even today. This is not an easy subject, but it is a necessary conversation to have for the growth and survival of the game.
Jul 14, 2023 · From director Hubert Davis, Black Ice is an icebreaking expose on the influence and oppression of Black athletes in Canada’s most treasured sport, hockey.
Jul 14, 2023 · That’s the big reveal here, how much of a trauma it is for a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) athlete to even attempt to make it in the world of hockey. Black Ice is the sort of doc that mostly tells you what you already know, but supplements it with compelling firsthand accounts.
