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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The Unsustainable Age
A History Channel-style short told from the 23rd century.
- 2008
- 02:58
- Matt Fleeger
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Upon the Black Top Sea
Joe escapes in his trailer alone but this time he has a visitor.
- 2008
- 02:31
- Mary Mazurek
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Unless We Showed Up in Hazmat Suits
If Lucy met her best friend in person, her life expectancy would be cut in half.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Hillary Frank
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Umami to the Ears
Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.
- 2013
- 02:40
- Brittany Gervais
- Victoria Bedford
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Umami Sunshine
An exploration of the role of appetite in elderly health as well as the scientific basis of umami (also known as L-glutamate or glutamic acid), with ukelele accompaniment.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Patricia McMillen
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Umami Love
A girl with a voracious appetite for chefs samples a taste of true love.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Belinda Lopez
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Umami Office
Researchers from the Egyptian TV show Al Bernameg are trying to lose weight, stay fit or just enjoy food at the office.
- 2013
- 02:44
- Christine Iskander
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Under Hell Gate
When humanity vanishes, Hell Gate will be the last bridge standing in New York City; until then, it watches and waits.
- 2016
- 03:02
- Rebecca Seidel
- Trevor Wallace
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Umami Grease
In three courses, we discover the relationship between man and grease: the history, the culture and the conflict.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jackson Stanton
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U-mami My Life
Having a long distance relationship is like having the best yet never satisfying three-course meal over and over again.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Maja Mackintosh Johansen
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The Unexpected Sweetness
Flowed mellow audio file that is down tempo but upbeat at the same time.
- 2013
- 03:35
- Bernard Capistrano
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Umami Can't Cook Like Mine
The tradition of cooking has been passed down in my family through three generations: my grandma, my mom and me.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Lexia Banks
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The Umami of Customer Service
Yeah, we all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?
- 2013
- 02:52
- Veronica Simmonds
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The Umami Canon
Reflections on food for thought.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Casey Miner
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Umami English
How to prepare the best English class in Paris.
- 2013
- 03:34
- Jane Weston's English class
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Umami and Daddy too!
Olga likes borscht. Ryan Poli at work, and Leah Cowen asks the musical question "Can You Feed My Appetite?"
- 2013
- 02:55
- Frank Karall
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Umami for the Finish: MRs. TasTy Breaks Down Kimchi
MRs. TasTy LanDed hEr Vegetarian SPace StaTioN in the MidWesT and StarTed heR CooKing ShoW; ToDaY ShE TeACheS uS AbOuT KimChi.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lauren Kirby
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Unobstructed Pink and Blue
A landlord and a tenant inhabit the same building on West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jennifer Swann
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Umami in the Dark
Hungry for the unknown, a New York City couple experiences their first taste of umami.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Amelia Parenteau
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Umami (or Oooh-Mommy); The Mother of All Appetites
We all start out with one appetite, the appetite for our mother's breastmilk.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Sukey Lewis