PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary

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Sawlady
From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a light profile of a subway musician

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska Beckons
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Disillusioned with their teaching jobs in California, Ray takes a job at a one room school house in Alaska and their adventure begins.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
The life of mushing
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim guides us through his personel journey, into a world few of us will ever know.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:09
First Dance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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First time experiences of dancing told though a variety of voices.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
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
Office Artist
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Office Artist Larissa Brown finds beauty in ordinary office supplies.

Bought by KUOW, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: May 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
RN documentary: At the Circus
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A rediscovery of a child's delight at the circus and an adults exploration of the life of circus performers

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WETA, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 3
The Most German Day Ever
From: Brendan Greeley
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Six hours in Krautsand, a German town of 200 souls that sponsors the World Championships of Lawnmower Racing and wishes to secede from the Federal ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KGLT, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 9
Spam-o-Rama!
From: John Basile
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SquareToes Restaurant patrons in Kennebunk, ME pay their annual homage to the processed meat product. Spam-o-Rama '04 is THIS WEEKEND! (3/13/04)

Bought by KPIK-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Allure of Karaoke Singing
From: Scott Gurian
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Regular singers describe what attracts them to karaoke

Bought by WABE, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, and PRX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 5
Elviscop
From: Adam Allington
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Officer Chuck Denault explains what it means to be a respectful "Elvis" impersonator

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KGLT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 6
8 Minute Soulmate
From: Evan Roberts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will Rich find his soulmate in eight minutes?

Bought by PRX Lovesick Stream


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Misfire
From: Sarah Varney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Misfire" is an experimental sound piece that blends 1940s Dr Pepper radio ads, original violin music and sounds of thirst and thirst quenching.

Bought by WZBC, East Village Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 3
The Liar's Table
From: Scott Gurian
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Fishermen in the tiny village of Jonesport, Maine gather every morning to swap tall tales about fish and just about everything else.

Bought by PRX Remix and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 27, 2003
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 2
Little Odessa in Brooklyn
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One hundred years of Brighton Beach memoirs.

Bought by KUER, KFCF FM, Radio Catskill, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9
What Big Teeth You Have
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenage babysitter convinces his younger siblings that he's a werewolf who's going to kill them.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Nov 04, 2003
  • Length: 14:02
  • Purchases: 2
Sisters
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Three generations of sisters talk about their relationships

Bought by KZYX and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 04, 2003
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 2

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