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.

Red Envelope Fairy

Across the street from my apartment, Elaine Autwell delivers Freedom of Information Act requests to every department in the City of Evanston, a job which has earned her the title of the "Red Envelope Fairy."

Romance at the Red Line Tap

Characters come out of the woodwork to take the stage at a weekly open mic at The Red Line Tap in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.

The Red House on Maple

At the Red House on Maple, ten best friends (including me!) relish in each other's companionship, as the time they have together comes to an end.

Red Brick Houses

Here's a conversation with my 92 year-old neighbor Liza about how our neighborhood has changed since 1959, with "Mack the Knife" played on ukelele by fellow neighbor Tom Bassett.

The White House

Living next door for years, they soon learn each other's ways, not only to be nosey but also for support.

From Green to Gone

A tree is a precious thing in a city...but does anyone care when a tree in their own backyard is cut down?

Romantic Red Love, But Not in Sweden

With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving until death do us part.

Soft Footsteps Fade to Black

Soft footsteps fade to balck is abstract in relation to the conventional form of neighbours, however flashing thoughts and the path can be seen as comfort akin to the world next door.

Static

A man wakes up caught in the memory of a movie he watched the night before.

Curious Coyotes

During his hitchhiking trip across Canada, Nate sets up his tent in a forest next to the highway, and the glow of a distant street light lulls him to sleep... but he is soon awakened by a pack of curious locals.