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's behind the laugh?
A dark look at the role fake laughter plays in our lives.
- 2015
- 03:04
Who is Little Lulu?
A 5th grade girl interviews a classmate about his interest in Little Lulu.
- 2015
- 02:39
- Jesse Rhodes
- Shirley Liang
When you follow two children on the most chocolatey day of the year
Aoife (6) and Aoibhinn (3) were followed around with a microphone, and at times took matters into their own hands!
- 2015
- 02:31
- Lisa Madden
When Nothing Turns Out the Way We Would Ever Expect
Mixed with found hums from a used voice recorder, a furniture repair and vintage store-owner recollects his father's diversions, weaknesses, and love for people.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Meheriet Fesseha and Gaelin Monkman-Kotz
What is beyond both dream and sleep
One man's spiritual journey, made possible through chanting.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Stephanie Smith and Eugenia Viti
What's Your Number?
How many sexual partners is anyone prepared to admit to?
- 2015
- 03:00
- Marnie Chesterton
What Grandad didn't tell us.
A look at the relationship between grandfather and grandson, and the stories people leave behind.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Chris Pearson
- Catherine Brinkworth
What happened to my car?
A St. Paul woman's 1997 Honda is in high demand around her neighborhood.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Steve Nelson
Where Have All the Cars Gone?
Becca and Hunter discover CicLAvia, a place where no cars go.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Hunter Bermudez and Becca Grumet
What happened during the 1967 tornado?
An unforgettable story of survival, loss, and gratitude from a traumatic small town tornado.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Peggy Keiner
Why don't kites tell you?
A blind girl accidentally ruins a hand-made kite.
- 2015
- 02:44
- Lindsey Wu (Zhaoqianmeng Wu)
Who Are You and What Do You Do?
A short conversation about monks & music with Taraka Larsen of Prince Rama.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Brendan Mattox
What's in a name?
How does the movie Fargo resonate within the people of Fargo?
- 2015
- 02:50
- Meg Luther Lindholm
Who's making that sound?
An adventure in how sound affects different people.
- 2015
- 02:50
- Ricardo Paraíso Silvestre
What's Your Mexico Story?
My dad buys a ridiculous leather jacket in Mexico which leads to trouble with the local youth.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Marika Snider
Static
A man wakes up caught in the memory of a movie he watched the night before.
- 2016
- 02:55
- Roland Denning
What Happened at Camp Bucca on June 9, 2007?
We reminisce on Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Caleb Nelson
What do the signs say?
A disconnect with connections.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Mark Daterial
What is your Mexico Story?
Two students of Mexican heritage have the opportunity to travel to different parts of Mexico to explore their roots.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Malia Stephens
What is it about girls?
The life of getting ready.
- 2015
- 03:18
- Vickie Ly
Where Did Cheney Put the War Heads?
John Perry Barlow and Dick Cheney were on different sides of the MX missile proposal during the Cold War, and after years of retrospect, Barlow credits Cheney for helping prevent nuclear holocaust.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Will Rogers
What is Etched in Stone?
My Grandfather and Uncle recount their days as hand carving monumental sculptors in Ireland.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Ciara O'Conner
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.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Dan Gummel
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.
- 2015
- 03:03
- Nellie Gilles
Behind Pink Walls: In Search of a Sound
Neighbors on a New Orleans street corner investigate a peculiar noise that everyone hears, but no one can find it.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Laine Kaplan-Levenson