BIPOC filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Ontario Centre. Agency:.Co-produced by Hardwood Pictures Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada with the assistance of the Al Waxman Calling Card Program, an initiative of the Ontario Media Development Corporation in partnership with TVOntario and the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and Knowledge Network. Study guide available.

Writer, Hubert Davis ; director, Hubert Davis ; editor, Hubert Davis ; producer, Erin Faith Young ; co-producer, Peter Starr ; director of photography, David Tennant ; music composer, Fraser MacDougall, Dave Palmer ; researcher, Megan Carvell Davis ; sound, David Hechenberger, Curt Frisk ; sound editor, Mark Beck ; re-recording engineer, John Gare, Alan De Graaf ; executive producer, Silva Basmajian.

Recorded 2004.

Hardwood is a personal journey by director Hubert Davis, the son of former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis, who explores how his father's decisions affected his life and those of his extended family. Elegantly structured into three chapters entitled "love," "recollection" and "redemption," Davis uses personal interviews, archival footage and home movies to delve into his father's past in the hope of finding a new direction for his own. At its core, Hardwood is about the power of redemption and the healing of the bonds between fathers and sons.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award for Best Documentary Short, 2004 Honourable Mention for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short, 2004 Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, 2004 Golden Sheaf Award - Best Editing (Hubert Davis), 2004 Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Direction non-dramatic (Hubert Davis), 2004 Golden Sheaf Award - Best of the Festival, 2004 Honourable Mention for Best Documentary, 2004 Best Documentary Short Award, 2005 Best Documentary Short Film Award - with a cash prize of 500$US, 2005 Jury's Choice - 1st prize Works - with a cash prize of 200$US, 2005

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).