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.

Retro Rhetoric: Becoming More Becoming
How to make your dreams of happiness come true.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Sarah Boothroyd

Restful, Shady Places
The authors of Trailer Ahoy! and Trees as Good Citizens enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Sean Hurley

Really Nice
Intrigue after the lease is up.
- 2007
- 03:01
- Laura Vitale

Ring It Loud
A tender portrait of the sofly spoken environmental campaigner and former world champion cyclist Judith Sanderson, who 20 years ago smashed 5 middle distance records in her sport.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Emily Williams

Red Baiting
Decommissioned Soviet mousetraps in Brooklyn's Little Odessa.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Joe Milutis

The Ring & I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
The grandeur and power of Wagner's monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that "Wagnerian" is used as an adjective.
- 2005
- 58:58
- Aaron Cohen
- Elena Park
- Jad Abumrad

Red White & Bruised
2012 ShortDocs Winner! Don Floyd looks back on his life of eighty years, after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.
- 2012
- 02:57
- Brian Barnhart Jr
- John Musto

The Red, White, and Blue Bus
2012 ShortDocs Winner! The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Luke Eldridge

Riding Through the Summer
Pilsen, 2009: Chicago summer is full of life and full of sound - you can hear it best on two wheels.
- 2009
- 03:34
- Katie Mingle

The Rumble
The story of the rumble.
- 2016
- 02:13
- Benedict Jones

The Red That's Left Behind
The house on the corner has an eccentric paint job. Who's behind it?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Lynne Segal
- Paul Exarhos
- Zac Cranko

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

ragazzo incontra ragazzo
A chance encounter brings together an American and Italian boy, not knowing when they'll ever meet again.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Garrett Kling

Roger, that!
Roger, produced in multiple dimensions, must struggle with the production of his life and his life production "in space, or anywhere else."
- 2016
- 02:43
- Evelyn Bottando

Reel Noise
Surreal as it may seem, this rock band became very famous.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Derek Simons

Respectacle
Children in a behavior program speak up about respect, against the metaphorical soundscape of the Institution.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Susan B. Price

Reality Depends on Where You're Standing
Three inner-city sisters randomly discuss their reality, intercut with the perceived reality of the country's distant puppet masters.
- 2006
- 0
- Saya April Hillman

The Road to Umami
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.

Remembering Our Sweet Food Pain
Multimedia letters on memories of food pain.
- 2013
- 02:38
- Ellie Gordon-Moershel

Roses are Red, Sandwiches Are Yellow
Neighbors of Bushwick, Brooklyn are asked, "Which do you prefer, the perfect love or the perfect sandwich?" -- vox pop-style.
- 2012
- 02:50
- Sejan Yun

Redbricks and Weatherboards
I've lived in Melbourne's suburban inner west for five years, walked my street of redbricks and weatherboards every day, but never stopped to listen until now. This is my street.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Jaye Kranz

Red Envelope Fairy
Across the street from my apartment, Elaine Autwell delivers Freedom of Information Act requests to every department in the City of Evanston, a job which has earned her the title of the "Red Envelope Fairy."
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jonah Newman

Romance at the Red Line Tap
Characters come out of the woodwork to take the stage at a weekly open mic at The Red Line Tap in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Tricia Bobeda

The Red House on Maple
At the Red House on Maple, ten best friends (including me!) relish in each other's companionship, as the time they have together comes to an end.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Josh Freund

Red Brick Houses
Here's a conversation with my 92 year-old neighbor Liza about how our neighborhood has changed since 1959, with "Mack the Knife" played on ukelele by fellow neighbor Tom Bassett.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Carol Spindel