POV
Season 18 Episode 9 - Hardwood
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
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.
Episodes in Season 18
1
Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed
60 min
2
The Education of Shelby Knox
60 min
3
Big Enough
60 min
4
Street Fight
60 min
5
The Fire Next Time
60 min
6
The Brooklyn Connection
60 min
7
The Self-Made Man
60 min
8
In the Realms of the Unreal
60 min
9
Hardwood
60 min
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10
Bright Leaves
60 min
11
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
60 min
12
The Hobart Shakespeareans
60 min
13
Omar & Pete
60 min
14
A Thousand Words
60 min
15
A Song for Daniel
60 min
16
I Used to Be a Filmmaker
60 min
