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.
Sweet Cheesecake Heartbreak: Three Dates
Spicy kielbasa, sweet cheesecake, and a glass of merlot: the foodstuffs of great and horrible dates.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Catie Talarski
Sweet Chlorine
Julia Campbell needs to swim, like most people need to eat.
- 2013
- 02:53
- Jessica Campbell
Sweet Treats for Romy
For Romy Klecker, who spent her childhood in the GDR, sweet food was scarce, but in 1989 when the wall fell, a whole new world of treats opened up to her.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Jennifer Collins and Tam Eastley
Sweet Dream
A man remembers a dream, a snack and an idea about sound by filmmaker Robert Bresson.
- 2013
- 02:05
- Wolfgang Hastert
The Sweet Taste of Second Street
Three courses of the Second Street Market at the University of Dayton - the market, the consumers and the producers.
- 2013
- 02:40
- Torie Schumacher
Sweet Jesus
A mission for lamb leads to an awkward encounter with an affluent neighbor - and Jesus is to blame.
- 2013
- 03:21
- Nicole and Mark Jolly
Sweet Taste of Shelbyville
One small town's claim of fame is a local bakery whose pastries have created a strong tradition.
- 2013
- 03:07
- Gabrielle Reed
Salt of the Earth
A group of well-known East Coast sous chefs tell of their humble beginnings and love of life in the kitchen.
- 2013
- 02:23
- Alyssa Pagano
Sweet Mudames
Egypt's national dish is called Ful Mudames.
- 2013
- 02:10
- Nada Gabr
The Sweet Taste of Couscous
My grandparents had very little in common except for their appetite for couscous.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Marie Telling
The Sweet Taste of Imagination
You can eat a sumptuous three-course meal when you're sick if you use a little bit of imagination.
- 2013
- 02:36
- Nacha Raman
The Sour Side of Volunteering
Two insiders talk about the underbelly of a documentary film festival, the world of volunteer victuals.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jagmeet Mac
She's Not Bitter
Haley's long list of food allergies have changed her life, but not her positive attitude.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Michela Tindera
Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu
If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Zena Kells
Sweet Muscles
70% of Tamara's life is about her diet, with one aim: to become the best female bodybuilder in the country.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Julie Thing
Salty Eyebrows
Tessa has Multiple Sclerosis and is running for her life.
- 2013
- 02:44
- Tessa Dowdell
Sweet Elizabeth
An audio portrait detailing the effects of a lost appetite on friendship.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Hana Walker-Brown
The Sour Taste of Appetite
After listening to friends give their ideas on the word 'appetite,' I realized just how much anorexia has changed my view.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Emma French
Sometimes . . . (INC)
When I try from Zen sickness to fly . . .
- 2006
- 02:31
- Grace Yoon
Sold 'Em Way Up High at 1200 (INC)
Melds the incredible auctioneering skills of Dan Skeels, the 2004 World Livestock Auctioneering Champion, with the electronic sounds of Nick Freilich, aka Epicte the Elemental.
- 2006
- 02:21
- Cyrus Farivar
The Sweet and Kind Benton House Pantry
A visit to the weekly Friday Food Pantry at Benton House.
- 2013
- 03:14
- Alyssa Moxley
Sweet Nothings
A lady lacking a sweet tooth does her bit for those with malnutrition, by losing - and finding - her appetite.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Kirsty McQuire
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
Salty Import
Our curiosity begs the question, "How did I get here?" and our eating habits answer it.
- 2013
- 02:50
- Caryn Berman
Sweet Stalking the Wild Rhubarb
After generous winter rains the Sonoran Desert offers up wild rhubarb, and ethnobotanist Martha Ames Burgess knows where to look for it and how to turn it into a juicy desert dessert.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Markowitz