Hardwood (film)

Hardwood is a 2005 documentary short film about Canadian director Hubert Davis' relationship to his father, former Harlem Globetrotters member Mel Davis. Through interviews with his mother, his father's wife, his half-brother, and Mel Davis himself, Hubert Davis explores why Mel made the decisions that he did, and how that has affected his life.[1]

Hardwood
Directed byHubert Davis
Produced byPeter Starr
Erin Faith Young
Written byHubert Davis
Music byFraser MacDougal
Dave Palmer
CinematographyDavid Tennant
Edited byHubert Davis
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • March 17, 2005 (2005-03-17) (Cleveland International Film Festival)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Hardwood was met with high critical acclaim and received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination.[2] It also aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series in 2005.

References

  1. PBS Synopsis
  2. "NY Times: Hardwood". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-07.


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