Time Bandit

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Best Documentary: Gold2021 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

2021 / Sean Cole / This American Life, USA

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Jerome Ellis is a composer and musician.

But this year, at an annual New Year's Day performance event, he got on stage with no instrument, or anything else, and broke a small rule in a monumental way.

This work was originally featured in the 2021 Web Showcase, a new way of celebrating all eleven Third Coast/RHDF Competition winners with in-depth materials, including comments from the judges. Plus, our first-ever list of finalists in each category.

Full Credits

Time Bandit was produced by Sean Cole and edited by Ben Calhoun, Aviva DeKornfeld & Ira Glass for This American Life.

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