In 2019, C-SPAN received documentaries from over 6,000 students representing 48 states and Washington, DC. Students addressed the theme, “What It Means to be American” and were tasked with creating a 5-6 minute-long video.
Congratulations also to the 5 winners of our “Behind the Scenes” Photo Competition. Each of the 5 groups below will receive $100 for sharing photos of their StudentCam documentary production on social media:
Mason Daugherty & Eli Scott
11th Grade
What it means to be American – Citizen accountability in Government
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Ella Grace Rodriguez, Justin Whittingham & Luke Sand
11th & 12th Grade
Comfortably Numb: Honoring America’s Right to a Free Press
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Jacob Sammon, Matthew Moran & Riley Vander Hart
12th Grade
Fighting for a Better Tomorrow
Urbandale High School
Urbandale, IA
Mediacom
Cristian Granados & Gabriel Wright
12th Grade
What it Means to be American: Voting
William J Palmer High School
Colorado Springs, CO
Comcast
Ida Chen & Hana Lee
8th Grade
Mc’America: America Runs on Fast Food
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Hunter Walterman, Isaac Newman & Rekha Leonard
10th Grade
Rockin' in the Free World
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Raymond Baccari, Aydan Santos & Jovan Jimenez
11th Grade
The 2nd Amendment : With Its UnBEARable Consequences
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
Providence, RI
Cox Communications
Darius Adamson, Gabrielle Greenley & Darius Darby
12th Grade
Free Speech in America
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Anne Joseph & Ashley Browne
10th Grade
America: A Marketplace of Ideas
The Winsor School
Boston, MA
Comcast
Jonathan Godfrey and Jackson Cropper
12th Grade
Forging A Path: Striving to Become a More Perfect Union
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Matthew Murrie
12th Grade
Our Selfless Arms
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Sophie Foley & Lauren Higginbotham
12th Grade
Students Ruin the First Amendment
Fishers High School
Fishers, IN
Comcast
Raley Weeks & Michael Thompson
11th Grade
The American Rat Race
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Hamid Torabzadeh, Katherine Padilla & Pia Hao
9th Grade
Retained by the People: The Promise of America
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Tanner Fenton, Amy Pham & Zada Jones
12th & 11th Grade
Til We Reach That Day
Frontier High School
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Jaeyoung Kang, Rachel Joo & Leo Baek
11th & 10th Grade
American Food: The Culinary Diversity
JP Academy
Irvine, CA
Cox Communications
Arundathi Nair
11th Grade
Out of Many, One and Out of One, Many
Laramie High School
Laramie, WY
Spectrum
Allison Fan & Kaitlyn Li
8th Grade
The Gender Wage Gap
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Eleanor Pugh, Katherine Gough & Rebecca Meek
8th Grade
The Youth Ballot: Lowering the Voting Age
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Aarushi Gupta & Shairee Arora
8th Grade
Equal Opportunity or the Lack Thereof
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Rachel Tokarski, Tovya Michael & Seneka Millawabandara
8th Grade
Equality For All: Progress for LGBT Rights
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast
Thomas McKenna
9th Grade
Work Hard, Dream On: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and the American Dream
Homeschool
Lovettsville, VA
Comcast
Emma Younger
11th Grade
How 9/11 Has Shaped the American Experience
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Arden Wallman & Ellie Schuchart
11th Grade
Speak Out
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Theodore Gold, Nina Penny & Tyler Baguio
12th Grade
The Freedom to Worship: Religion in America
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum
Che Moorhead, Charles Thrush & Will Thorne
10th Grade
Butterfly: The Redline Around America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Rebecca Santangelo, Emilie Vigliotta & Amina King
10th Grade
An Inclusive America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lila Chafe & Frances O'Connor
11th Grade
Teaching the Dream
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jamie Collins, Lo'Ren Suber & Janiya Valentine
12th Grade
The Power of the Second Amendment
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Annie Thomas & Olivia Essary
11th Grade
America: We Know How TWO Party
Madison Central High School
Madison, MS
Comcast
Ethan Peter
11th Grade
Separate and Unequal
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Cameon Wade
12th Grade
The Polar Bear Legacy
Troy Athens High School
Troy, MI
Comcast
Halle Frieden & Grace Mills
12th Grade
The Epic of America
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Summer DeWeese
12th Grade
Soup or Salad and What it Means to be an American
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Madeline Bale
12th Grade
Menstruation Discrimination
Clayton High School
Clayton, MO
Spectrum
Aarushi Ganguly
11th Grade
Democracy: What it means to be American
Greenhills School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Maddie Meyers
11th Grade
Freedom of the Press: It's in our DNA
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Zander Clinton
10th Grade
Gun Violence In Vegas
Bishop Gorman High School
Las Vegas, NV
Cox Communications
Jessica Le, Vivian Tran & Natalyn Tran
11th Grade
Equality for All
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Alex Selwyn & Ben Stein
10th Grade
Young, Undocumented, Alone
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Madison Johnson, Raina Lindseth & Kenzie Huston
11th Grade
Our Constitutional Rights: The 2nd Amendment
Foothills Community Christian School
Great Falls, MT
Spectrum
Luke Lechman, Daniel Elliott & Cade Renfroe
12th Grade
America: The Land of Opportunity!
Frontier High School
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Loren Rutherford, Lauren Ramirez & Alyssa Jablecki
12th Grade
Indivisible: What It Means to Be an American
Ocean View Christian Academy
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Emilie Difede, Isabella Koutsoyanis & Blake Elfsten
10th Grade
Striving for Gender Equality
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Catherine Reller, Ryan Seto & Paige Thomas
10th Grade
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Alexander Dawson, Zane Aguiar & Will Morris
8th Grade
The American Idea
Freeport Middle School
Freeport, ME
Comcast
Dylan Stegemoller, Jaxon Moore & Aden Pierce
7th Grade
Freedom of Speech - America's Greatest Right (Sometimes Limited)
Lora Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, IN
Comcast
Jake Lee & Brandon Kim
8th Grade
An American Entrepreneur
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Dahlia Harris, Neena Deosaran & Cecilia Gonzalez
7th Grade
What is Your Limit?
South Miami Middle School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Aarushi Soni, Anna Li & Emily Duan
8th Grade
Capitalism: Made for the Wealthy
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Katie Moorer, Njandee Murangi & Avani Ambardekar
8th Grade
Taking a Stand by Taking a Knee
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Ada Fiala, Allison Howlett & Samantha Wu
8th Grade
Healthcare: Right or Privilege?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lizette Miranda & Katherine Hong
8th Grade
Social Media and the 1st Amendment
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Jayson Makori, Karina Solorozano & Benjamin Janusz
12th Grade
Pressing For Freedom
TC Williams High School
Alexandria, VA
Comcast
Bernadette Montefalcon, Autumn Khuu & Lauren Sanfelippo
11th Grade
Immigrants & Citizenship
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
William Davidson, Keyanna Argumedo & Yasmin Lee
11th Grade
Freedom of Speech
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Eileen Liu & Isabella Lloyd
11th
Free Speech
Vestavia Hills High School
Vestavia Hills, AL
Spectrum
Mae Rusconi & Elizabeth Wolfram
8th Grade
The Courage to Speak, the Courage to Listen
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Chloe Dean
12th Grade
America and All of Its Voices
Broken Arrow High School
Broken Arrow, OK
Cox Communications
Claire Prudhomme & Georgia Bernbaum
12th & 10th Grade
E Pluribus Unum
Montverde Academy
Montverde, FL
Comcast
Robert Padmore, Natan Kimelman-Block & Avi Kedia
10th Grade
Disobedience in the Capitol
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Michael Fu, Kamen Iliev & Avinash Palliyil
10th Grade
The American Dream: Fact or Fiction?
Walton High School
Marietta, GA
Comcast
Isabella Thalheimer & Sam Lee
11th Grade
I See Americans
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Liza Willsey
11th Grade
Something out of Nothing
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Alyssa Bristle, Angela Fields & Shelby Mann
10th Grade
Helping Hands
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Daniel Gonzalez III, Michelle Mairena & Khimmoy Hudson
10th Grade
Listen: America is Speaking
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast
Alaina Kotchey, Adina Munin & Lauren Copeland
12th Grade
The Freedom and Choice to Use Your Voice
Fox Chapel Area High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Comcast
Taylor Hall, Alayna Bellavia & Lauren Aldrich
10th Grade
Protecting the 2nd Amendment Rights and Lives of Americans
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Deanie Woodruff
8th Grade
Out of Many, One
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Ashley Grant
9th Grade
Immigration: The Heart Of America
Concord-Carlisle High School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Sophia Ostheim
10th Grade
One Nation
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Matthew McGillick & Spencer Lund
12th Grade
A Nation Founded on Hope
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Elizabeth Cooke, Charlotte Foster & Evelyn Shue
8th Grade
What Defines 'American': Patriotism or Papers?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jennifer Hong & Dana Yoon
8th Grade
The Story Behind the Smiles
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast
Caitlin Lanterman & Madison Collins
12th Grade
American Immigration
Mountain View High School
Meridian, ID
Cable ONE
Bianca Vucetich, Javier Pujols & Aimet Ruiz
12th Grade
The Immigrant Dream
iPrep Academy
Miami, FL
Comcast
Amanda Rutledge & Kiran Kochar McCabe
12th Grade
The Disposable Youth: The Problems with Foster Care
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Alexander Wallach
11th Grade
Vicious Country, Vicious City
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Wade Fletcher & Caleb Daniels
12th Grade
Born American: Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Judith Goldstein, Molly Howard & Nathaniel Thrush
10th Grade
A Slogan for the People
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Aaron Mansell & Samantha Ducote
10th Grade
Journey to Equality
Sulphur High School
Sulphur, LA
Suddenlink by Altice USA
Maxine Tewsley, Travis York & Kendall Martinez
12th Grade
Did You Hate Today?
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Erin Alonso & Olivia Lord
10th Grade
A Sense of Belonging
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Optimum by Altice USA
Aaron Zoll
12th Grade
Political Polarization in America
Clayton High School
Clayton, MO
Spectrum
Shreya Jangada
8th Grade
Our Voices
John Adams Middle School
Edison, NJ
Optimum by Altice USA
Anderson Acebo, Max Trost & Justin Blevins
10th Grade
Nothing Small About Small Businesses
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Charlotte Witt
11th Grade
The People Behind the Percents
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Kaitlyn Shea Andaya, Ava Acosta & Hailey Ledford
8th Grade
The Significance of Our Inalienable Rights
American Canyon Middle School
American Canyon, CA
Comcast
Aaron Miller, Adrik Scaramuzza & Dean Reiferson
12th Grade
The Pentagon Papers: An American Standard?
Weston High School
Weston, CT
Optimum by Altice USA
Carsten Higbie, Camron Herbert & Giorgio Malkoun
10th Grade
Rails of the Republic
University Liggett School
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Comcast
Michael Graham-Green, Hikaru Koga & Samuel Monks
12th Grade
Locally Sourced Government
Arlington High School
Arlington, MA
Comcast
Delaney Kreidler & Nadlee Woods
11th Grade
The Waste of America
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Grant Atwood, Justin Rosu & Jacob Jacoub
9th Grade
We Didn't All Come on the Mayflower
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Carina Guo & James Mu
9th Grade
Crossing the Oceans
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Naomi Cocker, Sanna Moore & Charlotte Vogel
10th Grade
American Values: Freedom of the Press
Poolesville High School
Poolesville, MD
Comcast
Julia Smotkin
11th Grade
(Dis)enfranchised
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Michael Lozovoy
12th Grade
Americans at Birth
Lafayette High School
Lexington, KY
Spectrum
Allison Swann, Abonie Blount & Katalin Schuffert
10th Grade
Funding Our Future: Inequities in Public Education
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jordan McAuliff, Abby Kusmin & Bristol Glasgow
10th Grade
The Perfect Storm: How Hurricane Maria Blew Away the Illusion of Puerto Rican Equality
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Anna Fisher Lopez, Maren Gibb & Faina Pensy
10th Grade
Gagged: The Worldwide Impact of the Global Gag Rule
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Liv Dussere, Maddie Martin & Tess Williams
10th Grade
The Plastic Problem
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lauren Roussel & Isla Wilson
8th Grade
A Nation of Immigrants
Freeport Middle School
Freeport, ME
Comcast
Samantha Williams & Inanna Khansa
9th Grade
The Press and the People
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Ty Rickard
11th Grade
Freedom
Rehobeth High School
Rehobeth, AL
Spectrum
Michelle Lewis & Sara Snelson
11th Grade
Homosexuality in America: The Fight for Equality
Glendale High School
Springfield, MO
Mediacom
Caleb Miller
9th Grade
Another Free Day
Lincoln High School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Katie Smith, Christine Mills & Lindsey Hedges
10th Grade
Women in the Workplace: The American Experience
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Annalissa Hankinson
10th Grade
Dennison Railroad's WWII Canteen
Homeschool
Walhonding, OH
Spectrum
Maya Smith, Kathleen Murphy & Katie Gerend
12th Grade
Coming Together: A Story of Americans Overcoming 9/11
Whitefish Bay High School
Whitefish Bay, WI
Spectrum
Darryl Sams
12th Grade
An Unceasing Divide
Clayton High School
Clayton, MO
Spectrum
Audrey Song
9th Grade
One Person, One Vote
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Claire Swadling
9th Grade
With Love, America
Canton High School
Canton, MI
Comcast
Eriel Gaylord, Sammy Saldana & Melany Davila
11th Grade
America's Homeless
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Charlotte Despard & Angelina Hunt
11th Grade
Chasing the American Dream: A Nation Built by Diversity
TC Williams High School
Alexandria, VA
Comcast
Fisher Mallon & Elyas Laubach
8th Grade
Solitary Confinement: Lawful Torture
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Agata Czaja, Joanna Li & Eileen Luo
8th Grade
9/11: A Catalyst for Patriotism
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Caitlyn Pinsker
8th Grade
Healthcare and America's Well-Being: Being American and Its Effect On Americans' Health
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast
Serena Bernstein & Mia Umali
10th Grade
The Evolution of Modern News
Arlington High School
Arlington, MA
Comcast
Victoria Ely, Megan McDonnell & Katherine Park
10th & 11th Grade
From the American Dream to Jail Cells
Long Reach High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Srihitha Akula & Tanvi Vaidya
8th Grade
Protests and Peace: An American Lifestyle
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Maya Ramamurthi, Aidan Kelley & Brian Hoff
8th Grade
Who Are We, the People?
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Priya Moorjani & Dhruv Pai
9th Grade
We Are
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Isabelle Megosh, Anna Orzulak & Lilia Wong
10th Grade
Fighting For Those Who Fought
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Amanda Wu & Matthew Casertano
9th Grade
Disunited States
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Ava Checkan, Angela Engle & Alison Wang
10th Grade
Choice, Convenience, Cost: Fast Food in America
Poolesville High School
Poolesville, MD
Comcast
Ethan Cranston
12th Grade
What it Means to be American: Exploring our Pioneering Spirit
Golden View Classical Academy
Golden, CO
Comcast
Marley Gerber
7th Grade
American Champions
Glenridge Middle School
Orlando, FL
Spectrum
Destiny Sevrinus & Emily Alley
10th Grade
Materialism
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Charlotte Suttee
12th Grade
The United Individuals of America
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Ford Burgess & Kaylynn Warren
12th Grade
Guns and America
Edmond Memorial High School
Edmond, OK
Cox Communications
Hope Suttles, Alyvea Sloan & Grace Fox
12th Grade
Has America Changed? Obergefell v Hodges
Edmond Memorial High School
Edmond, OK
Cox Communications
Sreejani Kanuri & Katherine Schornhorst
8th Grade
Women in Government
East Middle School
Plymouth, MI
Comcast
Lydia Yeh, Paris Ye & Avery Wang
8th Grade
The Problem's Not You, It's Fast Food
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Clara McClintock, Georgia Bardi & Gillian Stingley
8th Grade
Maintaining Religious Freedom in America
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Gwendolyn Taylor, Chloe Motsebo & Isabella Kreidler
8th Grade
The Cost of College
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Samuel Desai, Christian Testa & Theo Topolewski
8th Grade
Changing Climate Changing Nation
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Mannat Kadian, Rebecca Gu & Avni Kabra
8th Grade
The 17th Amendment: Its Impact on Our Nation
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
Atlantic Broadband
William Lu & John Engle
8th Grade
Intrepid: The Fight for Racial Equality
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Sophia Morelock & Lia Iverson
12th Grade
Mind, Body & Heart
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Emily Monroe, Abigail Penhallegon & Naomi Rossow
12th Grade
Freedom of Speech: Not Just Your Right
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Leighann Gully, Alyssa Vining & Emma Klenke
10th Grade
The Land of Opportunity
Sulphur High School
Sulphur, LA
Suddenlink by Altice USA
Michelle Wong, Desiree Chen & Basmah Elradi
8th Grade
Gender and Equality: The Pay Gap Today
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Angelica Frude & Naomi Scissors
8th Grade
Indivisible: The Pledge of Allegiance and its Controversy
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Norah Lesperance, Saskia Mahar-Piersma & Avery Marra
8th Grade
All One Voice
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jillian Russell & Luke North
11th Grade
America Through the Lens of Civil Rights
Madison Central High School
Madison, MS
Comcast
Elizabeth Barton, Vedanth Buddala & Tanbir Banipal
11th Grade
Freedom of Speech: The Voice of the American Experience
Madison Central High School
Madison, MS
Comcast
Alysse Danyi, Peter Huleatt & Seth Peterson
12th Grade
Federalism
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric
Mantek Chauhan & Logan Holt
11th Grade
Mantek's Realization
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric
Aisling Gearhart, Vanessa Turner & Eleanor Mieremet
8th Grade
Felon Disenfranchisement: An American Justice Controversy
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Josh Greenbaum, Sammy Gallun & Vishal Jain
8th Grade
The Bouquet
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
