ShortDocs

Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced for the Third Coast ShortDocs Audio Challenge. Each year ushers in a new set of rules, new creative partner, and ever-more wondrous results.

COMPETITIVE EATING = UMI? OR UMAMI

Legend has it that on July 4, 1916, four immigrants had a hot dog eating contest at Coney Island to determine the most patriotic; Crazy Legs Conti is the ultimate American.

A Bitter Life

Helping to create a conscience, informing people of the world's biggest injustice, and promoting social responsibility.

2013
02:36
Mohammed Nagi

Umami English

How to prepare the best English class in Paris.

Don't Forget to Feed Your Soul... Food (A Salty Reminder)

My mom, some crystals and an unexpected appetite.

2013
00
Sally Herships

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

2013 ShortDocs Winners

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Appetite for a Sweet Life

Aya Mostafa explores the right appetite to maintain a healthy life.

2013
0
Aya Mostafa

A Bitter Truth

One man's addiction to his music.

2013
02:45
Mostafa Elezaby

I Still Prefer the Sweet

Educational & funny experiences with food.

2013
02:34
Salma El Kerdany

Ooo, Mommy

My name's Julie, and I'm a licorice addict.

2013
02:28
Julie Caine

Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness

Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.

2013
03:01
Will Coley

Sweet Restraint

Danny can't eat wheat, barley, rye, oats, corn, potatoes...

2013
02:34
Paula Friedrich

Bottled Zeitgeist: The Bitter Spirit of the Times

What if you could bottle time, shove it in a cellar for twenty years and break it out at dinner parties?

2013
02:15
Ryan McLeod

Bitter Knowledge

Elise Pepple learns a hard lesson about knowing.

2013
03:01
Kelsey Padgett

Salt, Interrupted

A couple remembers an unexpected illness.

2013
03:01
Katie Klocksin

The Sweet Life On Tour (or Ben Eats A Lobster Roll)

My friend Ben eats his first lobster roll while we're on tour in Portland, Maine.

2013
03:00
Alex Lewis
Alex Lewis

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

The Bitter Story of the Saddest City in the World

The forgotten story of the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 told in three courses: the calm before the storm, the firestorm's appetite, and the recovery.

Half Too Sweet

Trying to pull back with one hand the one you pushed away with both.

2013
03:16
John Manini

Life Is Sweet - as Long as It's Smeared with Skippy Peanut Butter

What happens when the only foods you'll eat are French fries, peanut butter, and pizza - but you're a grown-up? - an exploration of adult extreme picky eating.