Songs
A documentary song comes from a person’s actual, lived experience. DocSongs document the emotions of that experience through music and share it with the world.
DocSong Archive
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- Documentary Art Project
- Identities Project
- Push Farther Project
- Songs Across Boundaries
- Songs from Oswald Chambers
- Songs of #MeToo
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- Unlocking Harmony
- Veteran Songs
Hard Days
Alex Wilder may be living far away from home, but he learns that he’s not far from home in his feelings.
Little Exchanges
Walking at dawn to the music school to practice, Nora Willauer meets someone who is heading home after his night shift. Although they are both alone, for a brief moment, they find companionship in a simple greeting.
The Beauty in Everyday Things
Alex Wilder likes how he’s been changing and he knows who’s been the source of that change. But now she’s leaving…
Did She Change
A story from Zoot coffee shop in Camden, Maine, where a coffee drinker looks out the window and sees a casual friend walk by. The friend then stops, dances a moment and blows a kiss, leaving our coffee drinker to wonder about what or who has changed.
Angel and a Sword
Hazel Delehey finds herself at a camp with strangers, after she thought that friends would be there, too. She longs for even one friend to join her, to help her fend off loneliness and inner turmoil.
Looking for a Car Like That
In January of 2017, Melodi Var Öngel came to Maine and collaborated with Jillian Galloway on this documentary song about a vintage Volvo. The summer before, Jillian had seen the Volvo with a for sale sign on the side of the road in Acadia. Now here it was winter, but that Volvo remained on her mind. As the song reveals, Jillian has her own sense of what’s important.
