Title
Presented
Story
The Wall teaches David how to be free--and how to dance.
Produced for the 2010 TCF ShortDocs Challenge: Book Odds.
Producer
Sam Greenspan grew up in South Florida and now lives in the Capital City, where he works for NPR and also produces radio as an independent. Greenspan has taught documentary radio production to high schoolers in DC and to college students at his alma mater, New College of Florida. He studied radio at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies and at the Salt Institute.
Extra
Samples included:
- "Dancin' in the Moonlight" by Topsider
- audio from YouTube videos shot at New College of Florida featuring songs "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, and "Shake Ya Ass" by Mystikal.
Photo credit: Michael Howland
Book Odds invited anyone/everyone to produce a short audio work inspired by (and named after) song titles from The Books' record The Way Out, and including samples from their library of musical bits, strange phrases and sonic doodads. Read more about and listen to other Book Odds submissions.
Posted by Ben Pagac from DC at 07/15/2010