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| Congratulations to the winners of the 2001 Third Coast Festival Competition. The winner of the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award was Bill
Siemering, the first Program Director for National
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Best Documentary: Gold
Award
The Vietnam Tapes, produced for the Lost and Found Sound series, presents the
recovered tapes of a young marine who kept an audio diary of his war experience
in Vietnam until his death. The Sonic Memorial Project aired on NPR’s All
Things Considered.
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Best Documentary: Silver
Award
In Heroin, teenager Janesse Nieves confronts her father about his heroin
addiction. Nieves records her father’s reluctance to make changes in his life
and her own feelings of confusion, anger, embarrassment and disgust. Heroin
aired on WNYC-AM and FM.
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Best Documentary: Bronze
Award
Von Trapped byby Natalie
Kestecher (audiofile is not available)
Von Trapped is a story about a woman obsessed with The Sound of Music as well
as other things Austrian.
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Best Documentary: Honorable
Mention
Jay’s Kids is a documentary about the 57 children of blues musician Screamin’
Jay Hawkins, some of whom were happier than others to hear about their father's
prolific paternity. Jay’s Kids aired on NPR’s All Things Considered.
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Best Documentary: Director's Honorable
Mention
Rip, Rift and Panic weaves together stories, archival tape and sound to create
a portrait of the emotional and logistical aspects of living along an
earthquake fault line. Rip, Rift and Panic aired on KPFA-FM in Berkeley,
California.
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Best New Artist
Tornado Prom tells the story of prom night in Hoisington, Kansas, where a
tornado touched down, destroying a third of the town but missing the prom
entirely. It aired on This American Life.
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Public Service Award
In the program Learning to Live: James’ Story, an ex-felon narrates the story
of his transition from prison-life to self-sufficiency. It first aired on
Chicago Public Radio, and then on NPR’s All Things Considered.
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