ShortDocs
Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.
The Bittersweetness of God's Love (2)
Lisa Zullig and her team of dietitians at God's Love We Deliver provide nutritional assistance to a diverse clientele around the metro-New York City area.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Eric Winick
The Bittersweetness of God's Love (3)
Karen Pearl, CEO of God's Love We Deliver, explains the mission of the organization, and Hassan Mazyan Jr., a client, describes its impact on his life.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Eric Winick
The Sour Taste of Potlucks
My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing - potlucks are the pits.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Lauren Ober
Ethiopian Coffee - The Sweet Ritual of Togetherness
Guenet Sebsibe shows how she keeps an important Ethiopian cultural tradition alive.
- 2013
- 02:21
- Anne Huang
- Audrey Dilling
Sweet, Sweet Victory
A regular at Victory's Banner restaurant in Roscoe Village, Marge Stumpf doesn't show up one day.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Logan Jaffe
Dear Sweet Mike Levey
An ode to the late great infomercial host and to the realization that we all hunger for something.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Heather Kitching
Salty Ceebu Jen
Ceebu Jen, a traditional dish in the West African country of Senegal, is not as simple to make as it might seem.
- 2013
- 02:27
- Jeff Tyson
Sweet and Low-Down in My House
A documentary story of hating, loving, wanting and making sound.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Elena Guobyte
Bittersweet Courses for Horses
Man's appetite for money may mean the end of three courses for horses.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Eurydice Aroney
- Tom Morton
My Umami Gas Mask
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A bleak future with nothing good to eat... except your gas mask.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Sam Agee
The Low, Slow 'n' Sweet Times of Clyde Biggins
Clyde Biggins lost everything, but now he's back to reclaim his spot among barbecue legends.
- 2013
- 03:05
- Carol Shih
- David Chong
A Sweet Journey Around the World
Get a taste of sweetness of three desserts from three different continenets around the world.
- 2013
- 01:56
- Sarah Saad
Life With Cows is Sweet
Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Sarah Kmon
Diana and the Bacon: a Chef's Last Salty Cravings
A dying French chef's insatiable appetites.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Thalia Gigerenzer
The Bitter, Sweet Taste of Life
Three chapters about different cravings of life told by three different people.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Shahd Saleh
A Bitter Sweet Horse Tale
A horse adventure in 3 courses.
- 2013
- 03:04
- Angela Shackel
Me, Myself and Umami
When it comes to appetite, our bodies can have several personalities and each part wants its say.
- 2013
- 03:02
- Sharlene Newman
Barry Chung's Sweet n' Sour Home
Once the child of a family living in poverty in Hong Kong, Barry Chung is now a professor at Indiana University.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lena Morris
A Bitter Fight Against Child Hunger
Shannon Coffin of Good Shepherd Food Bank talks about the fight against child hunger in Maine.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Leah Kaliher
Sweet Ratio(n)
As he pursued a pro cycling career, the formula that helped J also hurt him, too.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Sarah Lu
A Bittersweet Experiment
Two producers explore the hungers generated from living on an island in Alaska and some attempts at satisfying them.
- 2013
- 02:56
- Elise Pepple and Ellen Frankenstein
Smells like Umami: I Can't Quite Put My Finger On It
Alex Lane subjects himself to a five alarm chili shock treatment in an effort to resurrect the olfactory system that he's never known.
- 2013
- 02:53
- Bec Feldhaus & Shelly Baskin
Umami for the Finish: MRs. TasTy Breaks Down Kimchi
MRs. TasTy LanDed hEr Vegetarian SPace StaTioN in the MidWesT and StarTed heR CooKing ShoW; ToDaY ShE TeACheS uS AbOuT KimChi.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lauren Kirby
Love is Sweet Among Non-Human Animals
Love is delicious; love is disgusting.
- 2013
- 02:56
- Liz Wason
The Sweet Bitter End
Raima Fernald's two sons were born with a debilitating neurological disease - one found a way out.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Peter Frick-Wright