Hardwood

Director Hubert Davis
Year 2002
Run Time 27min
Genre Documentary
Mel Davis, a member of the legendary Harlem Globetrotters, had two families — one in Chicago and one in Vancouver. His Canadian son, Hubert, takes a personal look at his father’s life. Nominated for an Oscar. 

Director

Hubert Davis

Davis’s first film Hardwood, a short documentary about his relationship with his famed father (Harlem Globetrotters player Mel "Trick" Davis), was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary. He went on to receive the Don Haig award at the Hot Docs festival for Invisible City, and has also directed numerous award winning commercials, as well as the short film Aruba and the 2016 feature documentary Giants of Africa. His 2017 short Rivolta, won a Cannes Film Lion, and his feature documentary Black Ice premiered at TIFF 2022 where it won the People’s Choice Documentary Award.  

Writer

Hubert Davis

Producers

Erin Faith Young, Peter Starr

Genre

Documentary

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Sports

Original Language

English