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- Chicago, Illinois
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2008 ShortDocs challenge:
Radio Ephemera
For the 2008 ShortDocs Challenge - Radio Ephemera - we teamed up with the Prelinger Library, a veritable temple of printed ephemera based in San Francisco, CA. With the help of PL founders Rick and Megan Prelinger, (who share some thoughts about ephemera in this interview) we chose five books from their mighty collection and invited any and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by TWO of the books, and including the voice of a stranger. The books were:
- Trees As Good Citizens, by Charles Lathrop Pack, 1922
- The Facts of Life for Teenagers, by Lois Pemberton, 1948
- Trailer Ahoy!, by Charles Edgard Nash, 1937
- The Big Strike, by Mike Quin, 1949
- Control of Body and Mind, by France Gulick Jewett, 1908
Seventy-two stories were submitted from countries. Four were chosen as the 2008 ShortDocs, and were presented, with producers on-hand, at the opening session of the 2008 Third Coast Conference.
The 2008 ShortDocs:
Scared, by John Biewen
Forest to Desert, by Sarah Boothroyd
The Searchers, by David P. Earle
Is That My Imagination?, by Meghan Vigeant
Ready for the other 68 Radio Ephemera submissions?
I Would Like to Introduce You to My Mom, by Molly Adams
A Transgender Childhood, by Tina Antolini
Government, Hold My Hand, by Zachary Baiel
Six Minutes, by Katie Ball
Leaves, by Max Barry
Too Much Shade, by Annie Baxter
The Big Strike!, by Sarah Bernath
Tree Body, by Alex Lowrey Blair
Trees for Economic and Social Justice, by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
That Close, by Eva Boodman
Ad Absurdum, by Sarah Boothroyd
Retro Rhetoric: Becoming More Becoming, by Sarah Boothroyd
The Woman in the Tree, by Kathryn Born
Silvergirl, by Julie Caine and Lisa Morehouse
Trees Die for the Sins of Our Legislators, by Kay Collins
Pink George, by Kay Collins
Creative Process, by Kay Collins
Govern the Ganglia, by Ken Cormier
Telephathic Trees, by Amber Cortes
Beyond the Tree Line, by Jane Cramer
Trees Have Full Control of Body and Mind and Thus..., by Amy Denes
Nerve Machine, by Victoria Estok and Karen Werner
Flying Dream Sequence, by Matt Fleeger
Matt and Bart Sleep in the Airstream, by Matt Fleeger
The Unsustainable Age, by Matt Fleeger
Control of Swimsuit and Mind, by Kathleen Goldhar
Summer Snow in Moscow, by Anastasia Gorokhova, Daniela Hannemann, and Sasha Fomichev
Misplaced Memories, by David Green
The Big Meeting, by Catherine Halley and Wendy Jo Carlton
Labor Pains, by Rich Halten
Stork-Bird Brain, by Carolyn Hoerdemann
Mr. Alm's Garden, by Tom Horan
Restful, Shady Places, by Sean Hurley
Feeling Small but Dreaming Big, by Anastasia Ivanova
Invisible Greek Rain, by Anastasia Ivanova
Traveling and Trees, by Pauline Kochanski
A Large, Well-Rounded Head, by Michelle Legro and Kate Daloz
Misguided Meditation, by Sarah L'Estrange
How I Got the Facts on China, by Wayne Peter Liebman
Kid Lit, by Kristina Lund
Upon the Black Top Sea, by Mary Mazurek
In Order to Remember, by Sue Mell and David Graham
Pills, by Cambria Moniz-Edwards
The Control of Teenagers, by Rick Moody and Michael Hearst
The Persistence of Ephemera, by Ceil Muller
Every Morning I Hear This Voice..., by Mikkel Nedergaard
Two Trailer Love Stories, by Meagan Perry
When Condos Travel, by Sara Robberson
Cicatrix, by Joan Schuman
Birth, Birth, Rebirth, by Chris Sewell
Are You Sure?, by Carrie Shepherd
Good Luck Bestows Upon You, by Andrea Silenzi
Out of Control. Noise, by Alexander Soleev
Family Tree, by Kyle Sweet-Chaves and Sergio Chavez
The Haymarket Incident, by Rehman Tungekar
If it Hurts, You Breathe Faster, by Fereshteh Toosi
Harvey Carne Workout Method, Cassette 6, by Laura Vitale, Eric Barkin and Tye Pemberton
Lady Bait, by Laura Vitale, Eric Barkin and Tye Pemberton
The Good Citizen's Control of Body and Mind, by Sara Vogel and Aliza Simons
That Tragic Night, by Catie Talarski
A Now Famous Tree, by Lynn Thompson
The Great Tree Strike of 1934, by Shaun D. Wilson
Why Question the Facts?, by Shaun D. Wilson
The Subtle Tongue of Racism Remains Unbitten in a "post-racial"
America, by Will Wright
Sending Books to Africa, by Sarah Yahm
The Highway 57 Breakdown in Three Part Harmony, by Dan Zellner
Prelinger Library
Next time you're in San Francisco, you must stop by the Prelinger Library, (say hello to Rick and Megan!) an appropriation-friendly, browsable collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals, printed ephemera and government documents. And where we found:
the books!
browse (aka "The Stork Didn't Bring You)
