PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary Atom Feed

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

49 results


Piece image
Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
Caption: PRX default Piece image
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:06
Piece image
Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gleeful Barbarians, Credit: Sarah Boothroyd
Gleeful Barbarians features very silly noises, nearly-indecipherable toddler chitchat, and 27 different ways a two-year-old can say 'no.'

Bought by KHSU, Public Radio Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
Anyone who has ever spent time in a greasy spoon diner knows that feeling. It's a mixture of good food, conversation, and that certain... something...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Inside the studio at Footsteps
Foley artists are the unsung performers behind the Hollywood blockbusters. They design and perform the sounds you hear in the movies, from fistfigh...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Beat Pedaler is an in-depth exploration of rapper, inventor and educator Paul Freedman’s passion for bike culture.

Bought by KGLP, KUT, WSLR, KALW, KLCC and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: 2011 NYC Pride Parade, Credit: Cassidy Lerman
While walking with the Israeli delegation in the 2011 NYC Pride Parade I captured reactions from the crowd and others in the march about why they a...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 08:32
Caption: Nainoa Kaiama, Credit: Richard Jensen
A teen combines new farming techniques with traditional foodways at one of Hawaii's remaining agricultural high schools to help his family's farm.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:13
Piece image
A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: :00
Caption: So much pizza!, Credit: Flickr User rj3
Ah, the mysterious life of a pizza delivery man, finally captured in his natural habitat. This documentary takes a smooth non-narrated path to tel...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: The Shade Tree at Zilker Park
September 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. What started out as a modest two day affair heavy on regional ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:44
Caption: Stephen Bruton, of the 10 Austin Aces
Janis Joplin. Roky Erikson. Doug Sahm. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Names like these helped establish Austin’s global reputation as hothouse for great music...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Piece image
Me trying to retrieve a voicemail message and failing to remember the password... until I finally get it.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Shea Shackelford enjoying a barbecue sundae at the 2005 National Cornbread Festival, Credit: Jennifer Deer
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Meet Jason Price - musical treasure hunter. He travels around North America appraising antique violins, cellos & bows. People line up for his sessi...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KLCC


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Ailin takes a year in Europe and becomes a matador. Kind of.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Steuben Parade Queens
This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
The Paramount Theater has been the cultural jewel of downtown St. Cloud since the age of vaudeville. However, do you know what takes place in the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 24:36
Caption: Hamlet at OSF, Credit: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 75th season with a fresh take on Hamlet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: May 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Women and Girls gathering wood in Kaskikot, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
An American gal accompanies a raucous group of neighbors down the mountain to cut firewood in rural Nepal.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
Caption: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and Bill Rousseau, Credit: Gabriela Hasbun
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Feet in Two Worlds and Polish Daily News reporter Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska recently produced an audio profile of the innovative Polish musical group, ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:27