''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.
''Hardwood'' was met with high critical acclaim and received an
Academy Award
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nomination for
Best Documentary Short Subject.
It also aired on
PBS as part of its ''
Point of View
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Concept and technique
* Point of view (philosophy), an attitude how one sees or thinks of something
* Point of view (literature) or narrative mode, the perspective of the narrative voice; the pronou ...
'' series in 2005.
See also
*
List of basketball films
This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
List
See also
* List of sports films
* List of highest-grossing sports films
References
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References
External links
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P.O.V. ''Hardwood''- PBS's site dedicated to the film
NFB Web site
2005 short documentary films
2005 films
National Film Board of Canada documentaries
2005 directorial debut films
Documentary films about sportspeople
Documentary films about African Americans
Canadian short documentary films
Harlem Globetrotters
Films directed by Hubert Davis
Films set in Vancouver
Documentary films about basketball
National Film Board of Canada short films
Canadian basketball films
Documentary films about Black Canadians
Canadian sports documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films
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