Winners
Immerse your ears in the best audio documentaries and storytelling since 2001, the winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Dinner at the Blind Cow
From the moment you enter the restaurant's dining room, you're in complete darkness. Blind waiters take your order, help you find your water glass, and lead you to the bathroom as needed.
- 2004
- 07:47
- Adam Burke
Memento Mori
Some members of Jude Fletcher's family have a fondness for taking pictures of the dead. Their photo albums boast the typical shots of joyous celebrations and family gatherings, side by side with shots of loved ones in their caskets.
- 2004
- 08:20
- Jude Fletcher
Listening to Jamie
Imagine a cold London winter, where the bizarre and unpredictable sounds made by producer Hugh Levinson's sleeping newborn punctuate the dark nights in the most unimaginable ways.
- 2004
- 07:23
- Hugh Levinson
The Color Is Black
Here is darkness, construed as manifestations of the color black through history, space, time, and in the natural world.
- 2004
- 05:34
- Jerome Schmidt
- Rick Moody
She's Alright, My Mum Is
When mothers suffer from mental or physical illnesses, their eldest children often take on responsibilities far beyond their years.
- 2004
- 27:25
- Kim Normanton
- Nigel Acheson
Joseph Shabalala: In His Own Words
The vision for Ladysmith Black Mambazo came to Joseph Shabalala in a dream in four-part harmony.
- 2004
- 08:18
- David Schulman
- Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr
The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide in Rwanda
Weaving together archival footage, new interviews and personal recordings, The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide in Rwanda presents a unique look at the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
- 2004
- 16:14
- Michael Montgomery
- Stephen Smith
Legs, Hope, and Water
Traditionally a country of emigration, Greece is now a destination for immigrants and refugees seeking to enter Europe.
- 2004
- 47:24
- Lea Redfern
- Peggy Giakoumelos
Perfect Hearing
Nubar Alexanian and his 14-year-old daughter Abby examine how his tinnitus and her hearing loss have affected their lives and shaped their relationship.
- 2004
- 13:20
- Abby Alexanian
- Jay Allison
- Nubar Alexanian
All My Stuff in Bags
When Daniel Sosa turned 18, his father kicked him out of the house for being gay. Daniel describes the night he was forced to leave, the struggles he faces as a high school student living on his own, and his desire to return home again.
- 2004
- 09:52
- Amy Drozdowska
- Hillary Frank
Thirteen Ways
Writer Sam Swope visits a class of restless, imaginative 11-year-olds in Queens, New York, where he embraces the challenge of teaching them Wallace Stevens' poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
- 2004
- 18:40
- Pejk Malinovski
In So Many Words
Stephen Goff's life changed dramatically after a stroke left him with aphasia. Previously an outspoken father and salesman, the condition reduced his vocabulary to just a few words.
- 2004
- 22:18
- Teresa Goff
Hard to Say
State park ranger Ed Werler lives alone in a quiet, isolated area of Maine. At the age of 90, Ed reflects on his second marriage, revealing a relationship characterized by love, loyalty, and uncertainty.
- 2004
- 05:57
- Bente Birkland
The 2004 TCF Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Susan Stamberg
The Third Coast Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (now known as the Audio Luminary Award) is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2004 recipient, Susan Stamberg.
- 2004
- 11:54
- Susan Stamberg