Please join us for a special screening of the documentary feature, Black Ice (2022), co-presented in celebration of Black History Month by Innis College, the Cinema Studies Institute, and the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education.
A panel discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Hubert Davis in conversation with U of T professors Janelle Joseph and Simon Darnell, moderated by Dalton Higgins, will follow.
Hubert Davis is a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose short films include the Academy Award–nominated Hardwood. He has directed critically-acclaimed feature documentaries including Invisible City, and Giants of Africa which centres on Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujuri and his efforts to build the sport of basketball in Africa. His latest film Black Ice won TIFF’s People’s Choice Documentary Award and was voted one of Canada’s Top 10 films of 2022.
Dalton Higgins is a publicist, author of six books, and award-winning journalist. Higgins’ publicity roster includes clients that have won a wide range of Awards including: Grammy Awards (USA), BET Awards (USA), Emmy Awards (USA), The Mercury Prize (UK), Victoires de la Musique/French Grammy Award (France), Juno Awards (Canada), and Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award (Canada). His book Far From Over: The Music and Life of Drake is carried in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame & Museum collection in Cleveland, and his best-selling Hip Hop World book is carried in Harvard University’s hip hop archive.
Dr. Janelle Joseph is an Assistant Professor of Critical Studies in Race and Indigeneity in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. Dr. Joseph is an award-winning researcher and passionate teacher. In 2022, Dr. Joseph was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, in recognition of early career influence and excellence in scholarship. Her main areas of research include embodied learning and leadership, decolonizing sport studies, and diasporic, anti-racist studies of sport and movement cultures.
Simon Darnell is an Associate Professor of Sport for Development and Peace in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the relationships between sport, international development and peacebuilding; environmental sustainability in sport-for-development, and the place of social activism in the culture of sport.