Hardwood (film)
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| Directed by | Hubert Davis |
| Produced by | Peter Starr, Erin Faith Young |
| Written by | Hubert Davis |
| Music by | Fraser MacDougal, Dave Palmer |
| Cinematography | David Tennant |
| Edited by | Hubert Davis |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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29 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Hardwood is a 2005 short documentary 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 was met with high critical acclaim and received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination.[2] It also aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series in 2005.
References
- ↑ PBS Synopsis
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Hardwood at IMDb
- P.O.V. Hardwood - PBS's site dedicated to the film
- NFB Web site
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