Hubert Davis Hardwood

No well told family drama however singular is without wider social connotations.

Hubert davis hardwood.

Hardwood is a personal journey by director hubert davis the son of former harlem globetrotter mel davis who explores how his father s decisions affected his life and those of his extended family. Hardwood is a personal journey by director hubert davis the son of former harlem globetrotter mel davis who explores how his father s decisions affected his life and those of his extended family. Elegantly structured into three chapters entitled love recollection and redemption davis delves into his father s past in the hope of finding a new direction for his own. With mel davis aaron dudley.

Directed by hubert davis. Hardwood is a 2005 documentary short film about canadian director hubert davis relationship to his father former harlem globetrotters member mel davis. The academy award nominated hardwood is a deeply personal filmic journey by director hubert davis the son of former harlem globetrotter mel davis. Mel now a coach for young basketball players in.

Hubert davis is a canadian filmmaker who was nominated for an academy award for documentary short subject and an emmy award for outstanding cultural and artistic programming for his directorial debut in hardwood a short documentary exploring the life of his father former harlem globetrotter mel davis. Davis was the first afro canadian to be nominated for an oscar. 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.