Hardwood
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Hardwood |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hubert Davis |
| script | Hubert Davis |
| production | Peter Starr, Erin Faith Young |
| music | Fraser MacDougal, Dave Palmer |
| camera | David Tennant |
| cut | Hubert Davis |
Hardwood (German Hardwood ) is a Canadian documentary - short film by filmmaker Hubert Davis from 2005, in which he his father, former Harlem Globetrotters -Basketballer Mel Davis portrays and explores how the decisions have influenced his life. The film premiered on March 17, 2005 at the Cleveland International Film Festival .
Hardwood was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 2005 Academy Awards.
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Hubert Davis interviews his mother, his half-brother, his father's new wife and Mel Davis himself about his life story.
As a colored man, Mel Davis fell in love with Hubert Davis' light-skinned mother, Megan, in the 1960s. The intercultural relationship stood in stark contrast to the racism that shaped the time in the USA, which is why marriage was out of the question. Mel Davis eventually married the also dark-skinned Mary Etta, with whom he fathered Hubert Davis' older half-brother Mawuli.
Awards
There was a nomination for Hardwood in the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 2005 Academy Awards .
In 2006, Hardwood was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming after being shown on POV on PBS .
Web links
- Hardwood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hardwood at POV (PBS)
- Report on the film to Davis' alma mater, McGill University .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Academy Awards 2005. In: oscars.org. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Hardwood: Film Description. In: POV. August 16, 2005, accessed January 22, 2019 .