The Sonic Memorial Project
The Sonic Memorial Project is an intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through audio artifacts, rare recordings, voice mail messages, and interviews.
Best Documentary: Gold2003 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition2003 / The Kitchen Sisters / All Things Considered, USA
The Sonic Memorial Project is an intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through audio artifacts, rare recordings, voice mail messages, and interviews.
It was produced by the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) with narrator Paul Auster, in collaboration with other independent producers, National Public Radio, artists, writers, archivists, historians, and public radio listeners throughout the country.
The Sonic Memorial Project won the Best Documentary: Gold Award in the 2003 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. The story had production assistance from Ben Shapiro.
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The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) are producers of the duPont-Columbia Award-winning and James Beard Award-nominated NPR series Hidden Kitchens, and the two Peabody Award-winning NPR series, Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project.