POV · SEASON 18
Hardwood
Episode 9 · 2005-08-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
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. Hardwood was met with high critical acclaim and received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination. It also aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series in 2005.
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed2005-02-07
2. The Education of Shelby Knox2005-06-21
3. Big Enough2005-06-28
4. Street Fight2005-07-05
5. The Fire Next Time2005-07-12
6. The Brooklyn Connection2005-07-19
7. The Self-Made Man2005-07-26
8. In the Realms of the Unreal2005-08-02
9. Hardwood2005-08-16
10. Bright Leaves2005-08-23
11. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust2005-08-30
12. The Hobart Shakespeareans2005-09-06
13. Omar & Pete2005-09-13
14. A Thousand Words2005-08-16
15. A Song for Daniel2005-08-23
16. I Used to Be a Filmmaker2005-08-16
