TCF Award Recipients

Remembering Andrew

On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into Miami-Dade County changing the landscape of South Florida forever.

The Living Room

Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.

Teen Contender

Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"

Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms

Days after his 21st birthday, Noel Anaya had one final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, and he didn’t want to go through it alone.

The Accidental Gay Parents, Episode 5

After adopting their niece and nephew, Trystan -- a transgender man -- tells his partner Biff that he wants to expand their family and conceive a baby together. Which they do.

Heavyweight: Gregor

20 years ago, Gregor lent some CDs to a musician friend. The CDs helped make him a famous rockstar.

The Traffic Stop

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. 74 seconds later, Yanez fired seven shots.

Leaving a Mark

Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.

2014
13:14
Emily Hsiao

Fault Line

Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.

2014
24:14
Jad Abumrad
Pat Walters

Burma’s Rohingya: Easy Prey for Traffickers

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

Children of Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah is a hellish place in Accra, Ghana, where children eke out a living on a scrap heap of discarded computers that the West no longer needs.

Glass, Not Glitter

2012 ShortDocs Winner! Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.

2012
02:54
Abby Wendle

What Happened at Dos Erres

In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people.

The Red, White, and Blue Bus

2012 ShortDocs Winner! The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.

2012
03:00
Luke Eldridge

Finding Emilie

While in college, Alan fell hard for a fellow art student, Emilie.

Crown the King: Red Takes Black

2012 ShortDocs Winner! One block from Adam Kampe's apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Razor gather to trash talk over heated games of checkers.

2012
02:32
Adam Kampe

Keep Them Guessing

As a young boy, producer Jesse Cox discovered a set of old cassette tapes which turned out to be a hugely popular BBC radio show featuring his grandparents.

Weighing the Balance

Weighing the Balance evolved from a simple question: What happened to six men who were named and shamed in a very public news conference staged by the Toronto Police?

A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother

The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed.

Not Safe to Drink

What would you do if your tap water turned brown?

Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna

Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

W. Kamau Bell asks his Mom about Sex

For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom never had sex after she made him.

And I Walked...Stories From the Border

Much of the Sonoran desert between Tucson and Mexico is a haunting wasteland of discarded shoes, shirts, and empty plastic water jugs, discarded by desparate illegal immigrants who risk their lives as they cross the desert from Mexico into the United States in search of better-paying jobs.

Mariya

Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan.

The Wire, Episode 5: The Sound Around

Somewhere between a documentary, a remix, and a music show, the eight-part series The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music, reflects on changes in both the composition and consumption of music over the past century.