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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Flecks of Grey (by Pidgey)
One pigeon's emotional journey to understand his neighbors: the seagulls.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Jocelyn Peirce
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Red, White, and Black With Little Bit of Gold
The nature of the current relationships between neighbors in Egypt and how it changed from how it used to be in the past.
- 2012
- 02:21
- Gehad Mahmoud
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We Do Know There's a Red Shelf in Their Living Room
How little we know of the people who share our roof.
- 2012
- 02:22
- Alison Broverman
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The Gray Wisteria of Gilman Terrace
When we bought our dream fixer-up home on Gilman Terrace, my husband and I knew that it came with sad past--but we weren't prepared, when we unlocked the door, to find a house full of someone else's life.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Katherine Perry
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White Gold--Fridge Politics of a Student House
A look at what happens when nine individuals have to share one small fridge, and the challenges and issues that come up as a result.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Chris Pearson
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Black Coffee
A personal musing about estrangement and its effects on language, cultural identity, and the meaning of home.
- 2012
- 02:05
- Joanne Lam
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Man With a Blue Truck
Who knew a hit and run could end in friendship?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Eve Abrams
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A Dash of Eastern Grey
A discussion amongst neighbors one late night at the non-stop market on the corner street.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Mara Maracinescu
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Out of the Blue
A college student describes the two sides of herself in her struggle with bipolar disorder.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Bianca Giaever
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Miracle in Gray and White
Neighbors investigate an apparition.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Katie Klocksin
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All Grown Up Blues
A portrait of a mother and daughter, born forty years apart.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Yarn AudioWorks
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Gray Day Gin and Juice
A former suburbanite shares a pint of gin and juice on her front porch with her new neighbor in the city.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Carol Narigon
- Will Davis
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Murder at the Abandoned Red Paint Factory
A neighbor is murdered, but the other neighbors can't figure out who he was.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Mayer
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That Banana is Yellow
But what is yellow?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Aleis Murphy
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Threat Level: Red Light
Looking down the block on a street in east Africa, one can see much farther than one might expect.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jefferson Mok
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Random Ghost Behavior: The Center is Always White
Do spirits exist?
- 2012
- 02:59
- Jacob Gigler-Caro
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The Internet in Sepia
The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past...
- 2012
- 02:50
- Helena de Groot
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Eight Beige Floors
A brief look at a neighborhood many have lived in, but no one stays in for long.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Abigail Keel
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Green Slime to Dark Days: Neighbors in 4D
I take one place, look at what or who lived there over a very very long period of time, and give you the edited highlights.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Marnie Chesterton
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Purple Purpose
FNSS (Friendly Neighborhood Surveillance System) delivers a report to Charles on Mrs. Smotherson, Mr. Eggerly, and Bruce & Denny.
- 2012
- 02:21
- Zachary Baiel
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Loving Charcoal
A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Yarn AudioWorks
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Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
A neighborhood rooster searches for his lost mate and awakens fresh grief.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Mary T. Diorio Schilling
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Black Cat in the Room
Moving in with strangers in a new city can be difficult but building a relationship with their pets can be an experience in itself, even if that pet is named after a famous actor.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Mike Williams
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Glass, Not Glitter
2012 ShortDocs Winner! Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.
- 2012
- 02:54
- Abby Wendle
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The Green Tree Dervish
Photographer Gaylord Herron has traveled all over the world photographing different cultures, but he's also found fulfillment in his own backyard.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Abby Wendle