Although Black Ice is steeped in history, the documentary also highlights the experiences of Black players in Canadian hockey today
As a child growing up in Vancouver, Hubert Davis was introduced to basketball by his father, Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis, when he was 11 and went on to make his directorial debut with the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated 2005 documentaryMastering the slap shot, however, was never a concern. Davis was well aware of hockey’s role in Canadian identity, of course. He just never personally gravitated toward the game.
The source material was surprising, Davis said. Until he started working on the project, he had never heard of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, an all-Black league established 25 years before the Negro baseball leagues in the United States – and 22 years before the start of the NHL. And like many Canadians, he was unaware of the challenges faced by Black players and their contributions to the sport, such as the slap shot.
The visceral reaction of the audience at a TIFF screening, as Simmonds recalls such an incident, stood out for Davis. “His lineage goes back to the East Coast, to the beginnings of hockey in Canada,” Davis said. Although Simmonds was aware of the historical connection, taking part in the documentary gave him a deeper connection to the game, the director said. “So, anyone who is saying that you don’t belong here – it actually, literally, does not make sense.”
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