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.
Mother Love
A woman decides to sober up for her daughter.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Shannon Quinn
Me and Mousetraps
I overcome my fears and manage to rid our home of a mouse.
- 2007
- 02:42
- David Daskal
Mugs With Messages
The thoughts of a creative woman of valor, who might never make history.
- 2007
- 03:37
- Suzy Kahn
Missing
June and Alison are missing . . .
- 2006
- 02:30
- Shannon Quinn
Mrs. Knight
Two sons recall a night in Los Angeles 60 years ago.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Angie Vorhies
Miss
Outing in the ice storm.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Braeden Doane
Maria the Korean Bride
Maria wants to be married in every state.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Andy, Tourist in the City
My God
Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty? (Milton)
- 2006
- 02:49
- Tim Forrest
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
My Cheesecake, My Sweet Self
As a teenager, Marion Kane wanted nothing more than to fit in with her peers.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Marion Kane
My Sweet Brother
Elaine Taylor's brother Clark has kidney disease - and it's been progressing for years.
- 2013
- 03:14
- Elaine Taylor and Clint Holgate
My Mom, the Sweet Tomato
The one thing I still need from my mom.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Morgan Dusatko
Mornings Are Not Sweet, Just Scrambled
Wilson Sayre shares her mornings.
- 2013
- 02:20
- Wilson Sayre
Minnesota Sweets
Sweet corn - a great way to get fat and sleepy - is the subject of this true tale of animal, man and machine.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Becky Moonitz
Misophonia: The Bitter Sound Of Food
The struggles of a Philophonic with Misophonia.
- 2013
- 03:06
- Carlo Patrao
My Bitter Self-Discovery
A personal narrative attempting to better understand my relationship with food.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Henry Cohn-Geltner
The Man With the Long White Beard
He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Scott Pham
The Man in the White Shirt
Many houses are robbed - but how often does someone camp both outside and inside your house waiting for his or her opportunity to pounce?
- 2016
- 03:00
- Sam Turken
Making a Bitter Beast into a Sweet Meat
How do you take an animal once on the endangered species list, and turn it into dinner?
- 2013
- 03:00
- Tina Antolini
Man With a Blue Truck
Who knew a hit and run could end in friendship?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Eve Abrams
Miracle in Gray and White
Neighbors investigate an apparition.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Katie Klocksin
Murder at the Abandoned Red Paint Factory
A neighbor is murdered, but the other neighbors can't figure out who he was.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Mayer
Meeting in a White Stairs
Just a little of my world in encounters with neighbors on the white stairs of my building that has no elevator!
- 2012
- 02:59
- Pedro Garbellini da Silva
Missing White Cat
When our cat, Cake, went missing, we immediately suspected our elderly neighbor, Mary.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Sarah Bromer
The Mousetrap Enthusiasts
My brother and I thought the greatest Christmas gift we ever gave each other were mousetrap stocking stuffers . . .
- 2007
- 03:00
- Jamie Dell'Apa