PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary

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The Enchanted Highway, Full Version
From: Long Haul Productions
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A half-hour radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures alon...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KZSC and more


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 7
Music Man
From: Cyrus Farivar
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cyrus Farivar has the story of a young musician trying to make it in the Big Apple.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:06
On The Line: Union Actors In New York
From: Eevin Hartsough
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New York actors face ridiculous odds trying to get work, but persevere nonetheless

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMNF, Marfa Public Radio, Public Interactive, and WHQR


  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 5
Bells From Everest
From: Tina Antolini
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jeff Clapp makes bells fashioned from oxygen canisters collected from Mount Everest.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
First Trumpet Memories
From: Adam Allington
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Trumpet player Irving Sarin recalls the strict disicpline of legenardy conductor Fritz Reiner

Bought by PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WUNC, PRX, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 7
The Beauty of Lois Vierk
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a composer discusses the nature of beauty

Bought by The Story, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Josh
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Eighteen year old Josh Dayton lives in the real world, and his own fantasy world.

Bought by WCFM and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Petals of Hope
From: Barbara Simmons
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Petals of Hope: Community Healing In the Aftermath of Terrorism.

Bought by KUOW and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 2
A Tribute to Spalding Gray
From: Jon Kalish
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interviews with Gray and those who knew him, as well as excerpts from one of his performances.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, WHQR, and WUFT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2004
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Neil Feather's Musical Chop Shop
From: Aaron Henkin
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If a musical instrument and a household appliance were thrown together into a particle accelerator, Neil Feather's music would be the result.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reconstructing Providence: Adaptive Reuse, Urban Revitalization, & Neighborhood Change
From: Robin Amer
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Artists vs. developers vs. the city. The adaptive reuse of historic mill buildings in Providence, and all the controversy that's come with it.

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WMPG, and WZBC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2004
  • Length: 49:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Creative Remix
From: Benjamen Walker
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a lawyer free exploration of the remix in music, art and literature.

Bought by KVNF, WCFM, KUOW, WBEZ, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
Election Signs
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: An attempt in vain to try something new., Credit: Campaign poster by Larry Rivers.
Graphic designer Michael Bierut answers the question: Why do all election signs look the same?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KCUR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 8
RN Documentary: The Winged Muse
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The swan as an inspiration for art, mythology, music and poetry, and its private life off-stage as a bird in nature.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WHQR


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 29:26
  • Purchases: 3
Ox-Bow Summer School of Art Documentary
From: M. Travis DiNicola
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A documentary about the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, located near Saugatuck, Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 19:00
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Documentary
From: M. Travis DiNicola
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A documentary about Indianapolis' Creative Renewal Arts Fellowships which has granted 150 "artistic sabbaticals" since 1999.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 29:55
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10
Hypermusic
From: 800 lb. Productions
Caption: PRX default Piece image
MIT professor and inventor is turning music on its ear

Bought by WMBR, WUNC, and WZBC


  • Added: Jul 12, 2004
  • Length: 12:30
  • Purchases: 3
Fran Rehfeld--Almost 100 years old in NYC
From: Mona Iskander
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An extraordinary New Yorker who lives alone as her 100th birthday approaches

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: The Girl At The Window
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A producer’s quest for the artist who painted a picture left to her by her grandmother.

Bought by WHQR, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 06, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sit Perfectly Still, The World Will Present Itself to You
From: Claes Andreasson
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An Audio Excursion in Los Angeles

Bought by PRX Remix, WRPI, BSR Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 20, 2004
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 4
Subway Symphony
From: paul overton
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A rhythmic ride from the Village to Harlem

Bought by WFUV, KGLT, East Village Radio, BSR Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 5
100 YEARS OF THE COMPUTER ART SCENE
From: ACiD Productions
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The story so far of the computer artscene.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 49:21
Internal Combustion
From: paul overton
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A short symphony in pistons and rings.

Bought by KGLT, KGLT, East Village Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:22
  • Purchases: 4
Rockin' for Jesus
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nealley's Corner, where Jesus and hard rock meet.

Bought by WUAL and WZBC


  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 2

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