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.

What Lies in a Voicemail?

We can measure distance in miles, but the heartache it causes is indefinable.

  • 2015
  • 03:00

Where would you go?

For young people who live in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the western hemisphere, the passage north is often just as hard as staying.

When did you know?

Two people. Two stories. Two significant moments when everything changed: discovering sexuality and surviving sexual assault.

Why Mr. SKREEJEE?

An interview concerning a tale of trial and tribulation from the heart of Mr.SKREEJEE – a half-dog, half-gorilla, half human member of a fictitious landmine lookout patrol.

Who lives, who dies?

Ten years later, a survivor reflects on the fragility of life and the random ruin caused by the worst natural disaster in living memory, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, a day when nearly 250,000 people perished across 14 countries, one third of them, children.

Who's A Good Girl?

My mother's trials as a pet owner—and as a parent—go on the record when I do a story about “puppy kindergarten.”

We Thought He Had a Black Heart

Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is much more to their neighbours than they think.

What's in a hand?

Their daughter has twelve fingers, twelve toes, some fused together and some set askew – ain't nothing but a family thing.

What does your name mean?

A mother and father reflect on what their child's name means and the incredible story of the destiny of the name.