2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
In our inaugural year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, and Public Service.
Winners were celebrated at the Third Coast Awards Ceremony in Chicago, and their stories featured in The 2001 Third Coast Festival Broadcast .
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowki presents the recovered tapes of a young marine who kept an audio diary of his war experience in Vietnam until his death.
- 2001
- 22:38
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
Heroin
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award
In Heroin, teenager Janesse Nieves confronts her father about his heroin addiction, and eloquently shares her own feelings of confusion, anger, embarrassment and disgust.
- 2001
- 08:27
- Czerina Patel
- Janesse Nieves
- Marianne McCune
Von Trapped
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award
Von Trapped is a story about a woman obsessed with The Sound of Music, as well as other things Austrian.
- 2001
- 31:43
- Natalie Kestecher
Jay's Kids
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award
Blues musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins had 57 children, some of whom were happier than others to learn of their father's prolific paternity.
- 2001
- 22:56
- Alix Spiegel
Rip, Rift, and Panic
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Director's Choice Award
Rip, Rift, and Panic weaves together stories, archival tape, and sound to create a portrait of the emotional and logistical aspects of living along an earthquake fault line.
- 2001
- 29:33
- Susan Stone
Tornado Prom
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best New Artist Award
Susan Burton reports on Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas, a town of about 3,000. While the seniors danced, a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it.
- 2001
- 25:06
- Susan Burton
Learning to Live: James's Story
Winner of the 2001 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Public Service Award
James, an ex-felon, narrates the story of his transition from prison-life to self-sufficiency.
- 2001
- 29:03
- Dan Collison