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Giants of Africa

Director Hubert Davis
Year 2016
Run Time 77min
Genre Documentary
Growing up playing basketball in Nigeria, Raptors president (and NBA champion) Masai Ujiri knows first-hand how few resources and opportunities were available to young African players. This inspiring documentary follows his programme Giants of Africa, which aims to educate and empower youth in communities across the continent. Given the tools to pursue their passion for basketball, not only do they gain a belief in themselves, they gain the confidence to “Dream Big”. 

Featuring touching personal stories and breathtaking cinematography, this is a film that truly highlights the power of sport, and is an absolute must-watch for basketball fans.
 

Director

Hubert Davis

Davis’s first film Hardwood, a short documentary about his relationship with his famed father (Harlem Globetrotters player Mel "Trick" Davis), was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary. He went on to receive the Don Haig award at the Hot Docs festival for Invisible City, and has also directed numerous award winning commercials, as well as the short film Aruba and the 2016 feature documentary Giants of Africa. His 2017 short Rivolta, won a Cannes Film Lion, and his feature documentary Black Ice premiered at TIFF 2022 where it won the People’s Choice Documentary Award.  

Writer

Hubert Davis

Cast

Masai Ujiri

Producer

Josiah Rothenberg

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Black Filmmaker, Sports

Original Language

English

Canadian Distributor

Elevation Pictures