Synopsis

Hubert Davis’s 2005 short documentary, *Hardwood*, delves into the complex relationship between the filmmaker and his father, Mel Davis, a former member of the Harlem Globetrotters. Through intimate interviews with his mother, his father's wife, his half-brother, and Mel Davis himself, Hubert seeks to understand the motivations behind his father’s choices and their enduring impact on his own life. *Hardwood* garnered widespread critical praise and earned a nomination for an Academy Award in