2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

For the 2008 ShortDocs Challenge: Radio Ephemera, the Third Coast Festival joined forces with the Prelinger Library, a veritable temple of printed ephemera based in San Francisco, CA. With the help of PL founders Rick and Megan Prelinger, we chose five books from their mighty collection and invited any and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by TWO of the books, and including the voice of a stranger. The books were:

- Trees As Good Citizens, by Charles Lathrop Pack, 1922
- The Facts of Life for Teenagers, by Lois Pemberton, 1948
- Trailer Ahoy!, by Charles Edgard Nash, 1937
- The Big Strike, by Mike Quin, 1949
- Control of Body and Mind, by France Gulick Jewett, 1908

In the end, 72 stories were submitted from 11 different countries. Four were chosen as the official 2008 ShortDocs, and were presented, with producers on-hand, at the opening session of the 2008 Third Coast Conference. Hide full description

For the 2008 ShortDocs Challenge: Radio Ephemera, the Third Coast Festival joined forces with the Prelinger Library, a veritable temple of printed ephemera based in San Francisco, CA. With the help of PL founders Rick and Megan Prelinger, we chose five books from their mighty collection and invited any and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by TWO of the books, and including the voice of a stranger. The books were: - Trees As Good Citizens, by Charles Lathrop Pack, 1922 - The Facts of Life for Teenagers, by Lois Pemberton, 1948 - Trailer Ahoy!, by Charles Edgard Nash, 1937 - The Big Strike, by Mike Quin, 1949 - Control of Body and Mind, by France Gulick Jewett, 1908 In the end, 72 stories were submitted from 11 different countries. Four were chosen as the official 2008... Show full description