| Hardwood | |
| Director: | Hubert Davis |
| Producer: | Peter Starr Erin Faith Young |
| Music: | Fraser MacDougal Dave Palmer |
| Cinematography: | David Tennant |
| Editing: | Hubert Davis |
| Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 29 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
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.[1]
Hardwood was met with high critical acclaim and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject.[2] It also aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series in 2005.