PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary

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Detention center
From: Noah Reibel
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An investigation of abuse and overcrowding in immigrant detention centers

  • Added: Aug 04, 2004
  • Length: 07:42
The life of mushing
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Jim guides us through his personel journey, into a world few of us will ever know.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:09
Alaskan Native Culture
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Raymomd claims his birthright and shares his personal journey and native history.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:40
"109 on 9/11"
From: Esther Regelson
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"109 on 9-11" tells the tale of 109 Washington Street, a tenement building located two-and-a-half blocks south of the World Trade Center.

Bought by KQED, KCUR, WNIJ, WLRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2004
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 8
"Return to Rwanda"
From: Liz Jones
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A Rwandan woman who escaped the 1994 genocide prepares to revisit her country and family.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2004
  • Length: 10:55
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2
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
El Padre y Los Homies
From: Brian O'Neill
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Profile of Father Greg Boyle and Homeboy Industries

Bought by KCSB-FM, WGBH Radio Boston, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 59:42
  • Purchases: 3
Ghetto Life 101
From: Sound Portraits
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The audio diaries of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young boys living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, Remix Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 31:06
  • Purchases: 8
Vietnamese Homecoming Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Fishermen and their families escape from Vietnam to a new home in Louisiana and struggle to earn a living along the Gulf Coast.

Bought by WFHB, XRAY.fm, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 3
Circus Life: To Catch the Quad
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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A trapeze star of the 1920s, his present-day counterpart and a colorful supporting cast reveal the heartbreak and gritty reality behind the tinsel:...

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, Audible, and WZBC


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hollister
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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On July 4, 1947 thousands of bikers roared into a small California town and changed our assumptions about America. A new investigation raises prov...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRPI, KUT, PRX Remix, KALW and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
The Fair
From: Jason Rayles
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The fair is bright and nice and happy, and then the sun goes down....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, WNIJ, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 7
Fair Read-Along, OUTRO
From: Jason Rayles
Series: FAIR Read-Along
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This collage of ambient sounds (mostly of a carousel) from a county fair was originally made as a read-along component of a book.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Fair Read-Along, NIGHT
From: Jason Rayles
Series: FAIR Read-Along
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This collage of nighttime sounds from a county fair was originally made as a read-along component of a book.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 14:17
  • Purchases: 2
Fair Read-Along, DAY
From: Jason Rayles
Series: FAIR Read-Along
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This collage of daytime sounds from a county fair was originally made as a read-along component of a book.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Under Siege - God's men in Zimbabwe
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Zimbabwe in Crisis
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Religious leaders who criticize the government are facing growing repression.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2004
  • Length: 29:19
RN Documentary: On the Rampage - Zimbabwe's youth militia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Zimbabwe in Crisis
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The Zimbabwean government is giving military training to children and young people to intimidate the country's opposition.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
We Were On Duty
From: Richard Paul
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An oral history of the survivors of the September 11th attack on the Pentagon

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KERA, WAMU, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2004
  • Length: 53:37
  • Purchases: 46
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
Joey's Phone Call Home
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Joey, an incarcerated teen, calls home.

Bought by The Story, Remix Radio, WYBC, YouthCast, Space Gallery and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 6
Ann Meets Mr. Ellington
From: Kerry Seed
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Ann Searcy is a 76-year-old jazz singer. She grew up as one of the only people of color in Old Orchard Beach, Maine where music legend, Duke Elling...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), SALTcast Podcast, Iowa Public Radio, WJAB, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 7
Johnny Comes Home
From: Rupa Marya
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A 24-year old Marine veteran of the recent Iraq war returns home and tells us why he cannot sleep at night.

Bought by KGOU, WMPG, and WRFI Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 3
Guy on the Bus (3min)
From: Jake Warga
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He's just this guy...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2004
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Day In The Life Of A Vice Principal
From: Richard Paul
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The 1,000,001 things that fill the day of an inner-city vice principal.

Bought by KUOW and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 04, 2004
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 2

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