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.

Salty Ceebu Jen
Ceebu Jen, a traditional dish in the West African country of Senegal, is not as simple to make as it might seem.
- 2013
- 02:27
- Jeff Tyson

Sweet and Low-Down in My House
A documentary story of hating, loving, wanting and making sound.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Elena Guobyte

My Umami Gas Mask
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A bleak future with nothing good to eat... except your gas mask.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Sam Agee

Sweet In Action
When we feel bad we often make ourselves feel worse when better is so much easier than we think.
- 2013
- 02:41
- AnnMarie Miller

The Low, Slow 'n' Sweet Times of Clyde Biggins
Clyde Biggins lost everything, but now he's back to reclaim his spot among barbecue legends.
- 2013
- 03:05
- Carol Shih
- David Chong

A Sweet Journey Around the World
Get a taste of sweetness of three desserts from three different continenets around the world.
- 2013
- 01:56
- Sarah Saad

Life With Cows is Sweet
Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Sarah Kmon

Diana and the Bacon: a Chef's Last Salty Cravings
A dying French chef's insatiable appetites.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Thalia Gigerenzer

The Bitter, Sweet Taste of Life
Three chapters about different cravings of life told by three different people.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Shahd Saleh

A Bitter Sweet Horse Tale
A horse adventure in 3 courses.
- 2013
- 03:04
- Angela Shackel

Me, Myself and Umami
When it comes to appetite, our bodies can have several personalities and each part wants its say.
- 2013
- 03:02
- Sharlene Newman

The Farm-Fresh Egg: A Sweet Return
The locavore movement is sweeping the nation - and cookbook author Jennifer Thompson and a farmers market vendor explain why fresh eggs are the best eggs.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Casey Kuhn

A Bitter Fight Against Child Hunger
Shannon Coffin of Good Shepherd Food Bank talks about the fight against child hunger in Maine.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Leah Kaliher
Sweet, Sweet Victory
A regular at Victory's Banner restaurant in Roscoe Village, Marge Stumpf doesn't show up one day.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Logan Jaffe
A Bitter Betrayal
What happens when you try to order 'the usual' at your neighborhood joint - and can't?
- 2013
- 03:03
- Jennifer Kirby

Fear Tastes Like Salt Feels
A tale, fearsome and salty, of restricting restrictions told from the safe side of a youth, that is, beyond it.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Julia Murphy

Home Sweet Homemade Bread
My mom has been making homemade bread for as long as I can remember; here is her recipe.
- 2013
- 02:33
- Caytlinn Strickland

Umami Grease
In three courses, we discover the relationship between man and grease: the history, the culture and the conflict.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jackson Stanton

Sweet Chili Baby
A talk with Amos and Ruth in their kitchen as they share their excitement for food and speculate on how it will be passed on to the next generation.
- 2013
- 02:50
- Dea Cisar

A Bittersweet Experiment
Two producers explore the hungers generated from living on an island in Alaska and some attempts at satisfying them.
- 2013
- 02:56
- Elise Pepple and Ellen Frankenstein
Sweet Innocence
One day of meals on a memorable occasion.
- 2013
- 02:47
- Whitney Henry-Lester

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

Bland Is Sweet
Erica Bland wishes she didn't have to travel so far to eat at her favorite restaurants.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Susie An

Bittersweet; Butter Up
A story about my dad, and how life eventually altered his appetite.
- 2013
- 03:02
- Grant Buhr

Bittersweet Forevers
Some decisions are easily forgotten, well others will stick with you always.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Paige Sutherland