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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.

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Push Farther

For Will Foote, the farms, the rivers, and even the churches of upstate New York call to him to test his limits, but no matter how far he pushes himself, something tells him he still has more to go.

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Francis Dowling

From a recorded interview at the Maine Folklife Center.

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Either Fall or Winter

In a reverie, Alex Wilder watches someone who can’t bring himself to seize the moment – someone who begins to look more and more familiar.

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Boston Marathon

Malcolm Brooks finally learns to love someone and also let them be free.

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Beautiful Differences

Maybe there’s no home, things do change. But beautiful differences
make things okay.

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Meet me Halfway

Alex Wilder is putting in the work—will you meet him halfway?

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To Let Go

My grandfather won the lottery, he gambled it all away. My dad dropped out of school—he was only eight. Found a diamond bracelet in the cobblestones. Bought himself a plane ticket, never went back home.

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Leaving this Place

Will Foote wrestles with moving on from a meaningful chapter of his life.

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My Father Said

If I spoke up after 40 years,
does it take away what you’ve done.
Does my life get any better if you spend yours in jail?