Join us for the Third Coast Filmless Festival, a celebration of storytelling, sound and the art of listening. Join other radio fans "in the dark" for unforgettable audio documentaries and to hear from some of the most innovative producers working in radio today. Throughout the day-long festival, enjoy screenings followed by producer Q&As, a special presentation of documentary-in-progress with Joe Richman, and an evening event celebrating the launch of the book “Reality Radio” with Ira Glass and the Kitchen Sisters.  Doors open to the lobby ay 11am; screenings will take place throughout the afternoon.

Screening Blocks:
Each screening explores a theme through a vibrant mix of radio stories - from first personal narratives to sound-rich features to audio essays. All screenings include a Q & A with a featured producer.  Featured guests include: Dan Collison (Long Haul Productions), Roman Mars (Indepedent Producer), Joe Richman (Radio Diaries), Bridgette Robinson (narrator/reporter of the forthcoming documentary Willie McGee and the Travelling Electric Chair), Jamie Yuenger (Indepedent Producer), and more.

BLOCK 1:
Intimate Strangers (screening)
Beginning at 11:30am - Theater

Stories of closeness - or the illusion of closeness – between people who barely know each other. Producer Jamie Yuenger will be on-hand for a Q&A following the screening. Click here for a list of included works.

Rhyme and Reason (screening)
Beginning at Noon - Kanter Meeting Center

Stories that draw strength from the elegance (and clumsiness) of words, the music (and dissonance) of voice, the rhythms (and ruptures) of life. Producer Lu Olkowski will be on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.  Click here for a list of included works.

BLOCK 2:
Against the Tide (screening)
Beginning at 1:30pm - Theater

Tales of cultural curiosities, unconventional conduct, and a few proud exceptions to the rules. Producer Roman Mars will be on-hand for a Q&A following the screening. Click here for a list of included works.

And the Envelope Please...  (screening)
Beginning at 2pm - Kanter Meeting Center

Spend an unforgettable hour with the best of the best - past winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Producer Joe Richman will be on-hand for a Q&A following the screening. Click here for a list of included works.

BLOCK 3:
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Work In Progress (presentation)
Beginning at 3:30pm - Theater

In 1951, a black man named Willie McGee was convicted of raping a white woman and sentenced to death. McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair - the only one of its kind in the country. A local radio station broadcast a play-by-play of the execution; today that obscure recording survives as an eerie artifact of a lost chapter of civil rights history. Click here for full details.

Working Title (screening)
4pm - Kanter Meeting Center