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Ice Breakers

Through the present-day journey of a gifted young hockey player, Ice Breakers uncovers the buried history of how Black athletes helped pioneer modern hockey.
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Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada, as Crooks discovers that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable heritage.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports Children and Youth All subjects
Black Communities in Canada All channels
  • writer
    Sandi Rankaduwa
  • director
    Sandamini Rankaduwa
  • director of photography
    Andrew MacCormack
  • editing
    Millefiore Clarkes
  • sound design
    Judith Gruber-Stitzer
  • music
    Jeff Johnston
  • producer
    Rohan Fernando
  • sound recordist
    Andrew Rillie
  • additional sound
    Yalitsa Riden
  • drone services
    Skyline Studio
  • grip
    Keith Mitchell
  • production assistant
    Erica Meus Saunders
  • researcher
    Sandi Rankaduwa
  • consultant
    Ricardo Acosta
    Andrew MacCormack
  • transcriptionist
    Lisa Clarke
  • musician
    Jeff Johnston
    Sheila Hannigan
  • production supervisor
    Roz Power
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
    Christopher MacIntosh
  • on-line colourist
    Doug Woods
  • assistant on-line editor
    Robert Carrigan
  • title design
    Robert Carrigan
  • re-recording
    Isabelle Lussier
  • music mixer
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • foley artist
    Karla Baumgardner
  • dialogue editor
    Sandy Pinteus
  • digital editing technician
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • sound technician
    Bernard Belley
  • senior production coordinator
    Cheryl Murgatroyd
  • studio administrator
    Camila Blos
    Leslie Anne Poyntz
  • marketing manager
    Johanna Lessard
  • marketing coordinator
    Jolène Lessard
  • publicist
    Patricia Dillon-Moore
  • legal counsel
    Peter Kallianiotis
  • executive producer
    Annette Clarke
  • executive director
    Michelle van Beusekom

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Ages 13 to 18

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