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Shortdocs07_small A small bicycle bell rings in a big landscape. 

Curve of the Earth was produced by Stephanie Rowden and Keith Taylor for the 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Dollar Storeys, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by one of three items purchased at a dollar store in downtown Chicago: a mug with a feisty message, an old-school bicycle bell and wooden mousetraps. 

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A small bicycle bell rings in a big landscape. 

Curve of the Earth was produced by Stephanie Rowden and Keith Taylor for the 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Dollar Storeys, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by one of three items purchased at a dollar store in downtown Chicago: a mug with a feisty message, an old-school bicycle bell and wooden mousetraps. 

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http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/shortdocs/2007