Black Ice (2022)
October 30, 2024 8:25 AM - Subscribe

"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 "Black Ice" is a historical document within the sphere of sports and outside of it, with anthropological context added. The migration of Black people to Canada from the southern United States constructed a flimsy pillar of national identity that believes Canada to be an escape from America’s racism, and this is partially to blame for how anti-Black racism within the nation was swept under the rug. (Description from Peyton Robinson's review, here.)
posted by The corpse in the library (2 comments total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
You don't need to be a hockey guy (gender non-specific), or Canadian, to appreciate this documentary. I found it very interesting; I didn't know about the history of Black hockey teams, for example.

I appreciated how bystanders were called out for their passivity. From the parents of players on youth teams to adult teammates for professionals, it sounds like the Black players were always let down.

The segments about the current youth teams are encouraging.
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:06 AM on October 30, 2024


Thank you. This is good and I'm sharing it.

Trailer (YT) for those interested. I was going to dig up a clip of Georges Laraque to share, always a favourite from the Oilers, but a cursory scan of the clips were all fight clips.
posted by ginger.beef at 11:06 AM on October 30, 2024 [1 favorite]


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