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.
Why Do I Know so Much and Nothing at All?
The sounds of my cellphone - talking to me.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Walter Petrichyn
When We March Into The Arctic of the Unknown
One in a million... Maria's chronicle of shameless acceptance.
- 2015
- 03:04
- Vivianne Cardenas
Where would you go?
For young people who live in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the western hemisphere, the passage north is often just as hard as staying.
- 2015
- 02:03
- Watson Hartsoe
Where's The Amstel Heavy?
In a domestic sea of Amstel Light, Where's the Amstel Heavy?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Who Would End It?
A brother & sister discuss euthanasia.
- 2015
- 02:36
- E. Nakano
What's Your Favorite Sport?
My 8 year old nephew's first undercover journalism gig.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Michael Ferstenfeld
Who Drank From That Cup?
Does a guy at Antique Roadshow have The Holy Grail?
- 2015
- 02:34
- Brian Price & Jerry Stearns
Three Bitter Stories of Food and a Cruel Song
Three stories in French: poison, horrible cookies and a cannibal.
- 2013
- 03:15
- Laurence Courtois
That Banana is Yellow
But what is yellow?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Aleis Murphy
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.
- 2013
- 04:01
- Jeng-Tyng (Jen) Hong
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.
- 2013
- 03:34
- Jane Weston's English class
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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A Bitter Truth
One man's addiction to his music.
- 2013
- 02:45
I Still Prefer the Sweet
Educational & funny experiences with food.
- 2013
- 02:34
- Salma El Kerdany
Who Do I Come From
My grandfather, John Frank Noyes, is the only person who remembers our family's homestead in Wyoming; he died this winter.
- 2015
- 02:34
- Anne Noyes Saini
What if we gave heroes hot chocolate?
Eight-year-old Lydia was a customer in a jewelry store when robbers stormed the counter.
- 2015
- 02:19
- Barbara Dundon
Why is the siren still singing?
An evocative documentary about the sound and history of the foghorn at Lizard Point in Cornwall, UK.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Ellen Wiles
Why hasn't anyone let the cat out of the bag?
Animals often have amazing life stories, but no one can hear them because they can't talk.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Rose McBride
What happens when a horn and dog get together?
An unexpected jam session with a dog and an alto saxophone.
- 2015
- 02:27
- Elisa Shoenberger
What Do They Want?
A Chicago nanny stumbles upon an existential dilemma while buying Christmas gifts for her charges.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Jake J. Smith
What Makes A Bird Shape Your Life
Richard Browne speaks about his life and passion as a falconer.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steven Ahlman
What Kind of Relationship Did You Have With Your Dad?
A mother shares the unusual way she came to learn her father loved her.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Alexis Stember
When Women Go Gray or Dye
Women contemplate and celebrate the choice to let their hair go gray.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Nancy Camden