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.

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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.

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.

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

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