Giants of Africa

2016 film by Hubert Davis

Giants of Africa

Directed by| Hubert Davis
Written by| Hubert Davis
Produced by| Josiah Rothenberg
Starring| Masai Ujiri
Cinematography| Chris Romeike
Edited by| Dave De Carlo
Music by| Fraser MacDougall, Michael White & Tim White

Production
company

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Release date

* September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18) (TIFF)

Running time

| 77 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English

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]

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]

## See also

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* List of basketball films

## References

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1. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* Official website
* Giants of Africa at IMDb

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