2005 ShortDocs Challenge: Games
THE THEME
For the 2005 ShortDocs Challenge, we invited producers to submit proposals for stories inspired by the idea of "games."
THE RESULTS
Nearly 100 proposals were submitted, and four were chosen to be produced into the 2005 Third Coast ShortDocs. These four were presented, with producers on-hand, at the opening session of the 2005 Third Coast Conference.
Listen to the finished pieces below.
The Ambassador of Go
Most Americans have never heard of Go, an ancient board game that has simpler rules than chess but such complex strategy that computers can't even beat a talented amateur.
- 2005
- 05:46
- Blake Eskin
There Was a Whole Lotta Hundreds...
In America's high schools, students are playing a game whose only rule is to break the rules.
- 2005
- 06:11
- Michael Kavanagh
The Rules Will Be Different
For one recount lawyer in Florida, the political became personal in the wake of the 2000 presidential election.
- 2005
- 07:59
- Melissa Allison
Tongues Twisting
Clapping games and tongue twisters in multiple languages turn into rich stories when Judith Sloan records young immigrants in a theatre workshop.
- 2005
- 07:20
- Judith Sloan