Giants of Africa

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Giants of Africa
Directed by Hubert Davis
Written byHubert Davis
Produced byJosiah Rothenberg
Starring Masai Ujiri
CinematographyChris Romeike
Edited byDave De Carlo
Music byFraser MacDougall, Michael White & Tim White
Production
company
Release date
  • September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)(TIFF)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Giants of Africa is a 2016 Canadian documentary film, directed by Hubert Davis. [1] The film centres on Nigerian-Canadian sports executive Masai Ujiri's Basketball Without Borders program to promote and build the sport of basketball in Africa. [1]

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The film garnered two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Dave De Carlo) and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Chris Romeike). [2] It won the award for Best Editing. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Masai Ujiri building on hope with Giants of Africa: Arthur". Toronto Star , September 2, 2016.
  2. "Xavier Dolan film and ’Orphan Black’ lead Canadian Screen Award nominations". London Free Press , January 17, 2017.
  3. "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are…". ET Canada , March 12, 2017.