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.
Flecks of Grey (by Pidgey)
One pigeon's emotional journey to understand his neighbors: the seagulls.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Jocelyn Peirce
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
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
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
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
Black Coffee
A personal musing about estrangement and its effects on language, cultural identity, and the meaning of home.
- 2012
- 02:05
- Joanne Lam
Man With a Blue Truck
Who knew a hit and run could end in friendship?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Eve Abrams
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
Out of the Blue
A college student describes the two sides of herself in her struggle with bipolar disorder.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Bianca Giaever
Miracle in Gray and White
Neighbors investigate an apparition.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Katie Klocksin
All Grown Up Blues
A portrait of a mother and daughter, born forty years apart.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Yarn AudioWorks
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
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
That Banana is Yellow
But what is yellow?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Aleis Murphy
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
Random Ghost Behavior: The Center is Always White
Do spirits exist?
- 2012
- 02:59
- Jacob Gigler-Caro
The Internet in Sepia
The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past...
- 2012
- 02:50
- Helena de Groot
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
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
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
Loving Charcoal
A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Yarn AudioWorks
Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
A neighborhood rooster searches for his lost mate and awakens fresh grief.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Mary T. Diorio Schilling
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
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
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