In 2017, C-SPAN received almost 3,000 documentaries from students representing 46 states. Students were asked to create a 5-7 minute documentary about the most urgent issue that they wanted the new President and Congress to address.
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:
Mia and Ava Lazar
9th and 7th Grade
The Tempest-Tossed
Blacksburg High School and homeschool
Blacksburg, VA
Comcast
Matthew Gannon
11th Grade
Invisible
Gonzaga College High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Jarod Clark
12th Grade
Enough is Enough
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Arundathi Nair
9th Grade
Fossil Fuels to Renewables
Laramie High School
Laramie, WY
Spectrum
Molly Dougherty, Camdyn Lewis & Ava Decker
8th Grade
US Gun Violence – A Complicated Puzzle
West Scranton Intermediate School
Scranton, PA
Comcast
Aline Marra, Anna Brookes & Claire Hibbeln
10th Grade
Round Peg, Square Hole
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Victoria Chong, Micael Guzman & Jack McDonald
12th Grade
Preserve Now for the Future
East Lyme High School
East Lyme, CT
Atlantic Broadband
Abigail Landesman
11th Grade
The Crisis and the Fear
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Amanda Rutledge, Amy Krimm & Kiran Kochar McCabe
10th Grade
Sprouting in the Fields
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Micaela Edwards
12th Grade
Behind the Bite
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Isaac Miller, Paden Neely & Stephen Satarino
12th Grade
Live and Let Drive
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Adam Koch and Tyler Cooney
11th Grade
Powerhouse of the Prairie
Dallas Center Grimes Community High School
Grimes, IA
Mediacom
Mary Sier
12th Grade
Incarceration Nation
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Sofia Taglienti
11th Grade
A Heart For Teaching
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Aoife Haakenson, Mai Johnson & Suleyman Anwar
10th Grade
Hunting for Harmony
Singapore American School
Singapore
Ethan Cranston
10th Grade
Cyber Security in America
Golden View Classical Academy
Golden, CO
Comcast
Michelle Quan & Kris Carlos
11th and 12th Grade
The Harm Done is Transparent
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Eleanor Sparks, Charles Thrush & Alexander Rhoman
8th Grade
On the Edge
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Charlotte Lisa, Caroline Drapeau and Cara Fritz
8th Grade
Gauging the Wage Gap
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Priya Moorjani and Dhruv Pai
7th Grade
The War on Guns
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Valerie Moura
7th Grade
Cybersecurity: The Safety of Our Nation
Ada Merritt K-8 Center
Miami, FL
Comcast
Christina Spain, Chelsea Wilck & Amanda Belawski
11th Grade
Climate Change: The Rising Debate
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Sebastien Kraft
11th Grade
Trigger Lock: Enacting Gun License Reform To Curb American Gun Violence
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Jack Bulger, Ray Mizui & Eric Moreno
10th Grade
Empowering America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Walker Simasek & Clay DeHart
11th Grade
Gun Control vs. Gun Rights
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Nathan Katz
11th Grade
Corporate Hypocrisy: Mergers and Acquisitions
Weston High School
Weston, CT
Altice USA
Isabel Present
11th Grade
Enshrined in the Constitution
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Sydney Plastow & Sophie Freid
11th Grade
The American Dream
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Rosie Daly, Siena Butters & Maddy Merrill
10th Grade
Breaking the Cycle: Reform in Juvenile Detention Facilities
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Taylor Millican
12th Grade
A Stacked Deck
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Ethan Dennis
12th Grade
Worth the Cost
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Frank Muller
12th Grade
Up Against A Brick Wall
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Matthew Murrie & Max Trost
10th Grade
Why Go Back When You Can Frack?
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Lauren Smith, Emily Ludwig & Henry Thiry
12th Grade
The Mommy Penalty
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Trevor Brant, Hannah Iverson & Jonah Priest
12th Grade
The Unseen Battle: Improving Care for Our Veterans
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Carolyn Eckrich, Audrey Cope & Grace Wittenberg
12th Grade
Searching for Justice in the Land of Liberty
Saint Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Rebecca Messner
11th Grade
Gender Inequality
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Savannah Hill & Sarah Murphy
12th Grade
Welcome to America?
Whitney High School
Rocklin, CA
Comcast
Gianna Tran & Aram Ramirez
12th Grade
Our Resource, Their Home
Centennial High School
Corona, CA
Spectrum
Dunham Perry & Max Abariotes
10th Grade
Behind The Screen
Mullen High School
Denver, CO
Comcast
Lucy Nottonson & Heather Davis
9th Grade
The Importance of Wetlands
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Jazmon Malone, Ananya Ponangi & Kayla Allen
11th Grade
Federal Student Loans
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Nandita Vegesna, Kyra Page & Uma Reddy
11th Grade
Our Message to Washington: Euthanasia
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Hannah Hawkins, William Heller & Kelton McLeod
12th Grade
Working Washington
Issaquah High School
Issaquah, WA
Comcast
Jayden Fitts & Keaton Urioste
9th Grade
Putting Unemployment Out of Business
Cinco Ranch High School
Katy, TX
Comcast
Caleb Miller
7th Grade
Over the Top
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Christina Younan, Alexis Steinert & Lindy Kessler
8th Grade
The Great Gun Debate
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord MA
Comcast
Raymond Castillo II, Luke Bigalk & Adrian Sandoval
8th Grade
Education & Incarceration
High Tech Middle Chula Vista
Chula Vista, CA
Cox Communcations
Alexander Koehler, Amol Ajmera & Sebastian Davidson
8th Grade
Combating Terrorism: US Involvement in Conflicts of the Middle East
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kiran Glass, Michelle Zhao & Faina Pensy
8th Grade
Cyber Crisis
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jenna Shi & Katalin Schuffert
8th Grade
1.1 Billion
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Emilie Vigliotta & Caroline Liu
8th Grade
Changing the Code
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Elias Applebaum, Rishika Jadhav & Janna Stewartson
8th Grade
Unlocking America: Addressing the Disproportionate Incarceration of Minorities
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Hannah Green & Maria Franceschina
12th Grade
Dear Mr. President...
Broken Arrow High School
Broken Arrow, OK
Cox Communications
Alexandra Reboredo, Dru Barcelo & Daylin Delgado
11th Grade
Immigration
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast
Brendan Hicks & Evan Craige
12th Grade
NATO's Future
Ramstein High School
Germany
Tyler Wise, Leverette Williams, & Henry Horlbeck
12th and 11th Grade
Is the Affordable Care Act Affordable?
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Maansi Srivastava & Sarah Ryu
11th Grade
The Rising Cost of Medicine
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA
Sara Nell
12th Grade
The Family's View
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Jude McCarthy
9th Grade
Plastic Ocean Pollution
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Alex Hannah & Meredith Ellison
11th Grade
A Second Chance
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Joshua Harris
8th Grade
Education is the Answer
Home School
Palmyra, VA
Comcast
Zoe Heafner & Abigail Marcil
11th Grade
Women in the Workplace
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Lucy Spahr
11th Grade
Global Warming: The Dead Zone
New Trier High School
Winnetka, IL
Comcast
Samantha Shelton
12th Grade
Change
Whitney High School
Rocklin, CA
Comcast
Sebastian Toole
7th Grade
Blue and the People
Ada Merrit K-8 Center
Miami, FL
Comcast
Kai Moore, Samara Zielin & Talya Metz
10th and 9th Grade
Saving Small Businesses
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum
Abby LeCam, Isabel Chamberlain & Lily Moskwa
10th Grade
Accessibility is More Than Just a Courtesy
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Elizabeth Requejo, Bailey Cervana & Megan Dines
9th Grade
Underwater Noise Pollution
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Elena Frogameni & Phoebe Jessup
11th and 12th Grade
Trust and Funding: Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Reform
Northampton High School
Florence, MA
Comcast
Justin Ross
7th Grade
Texting and Driving Distracted Drivers
Chasco Middle School
Port Richey, FL
Spectrum
Natalie Montoya, Chloe Larson & Eric Fajgl
11th and 12th Grade
The Ninth Seat
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Duncan Grant, Matthew Cassidy & Pranav Ramesh
8th Grade
The 51st State
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lauren Yu, Mia Wentzel & Haleigh Caaway
6th Grade
When will it end?
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Liz Goncalves, Braeden Vermette & Kendyl Vermette
8th Grade
The Opioid Drug Epidemic, Our Nation in Crisis
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Ludlow, MA
Spectrum
Jonathan Godfrey
10th Grade
GMO: The Right to Choose
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
William Donaldson, Isabella Hunt & Ryan Vyskocil
10th Grade
Fettered Democracy
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Clarke Shead
11th Grade
Training the Badge- National Police Reform
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Georgia Bernbaum
8th Grade
The 52 Percent
Maitland Middle School
Maitland, FL
Spectrum
Charlie Davies, Elise Cauton & Luna Warren
10th Grade
Saving the Chesapeake
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Luke Wullert & Srikar Yelamarthy
9th Grade
The Tipping Point
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Braiden Reyes II, Kailey Swiss & Phoebe Fink
12th Grade
The American Dream
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Ilan Barnea & Sam Modlinger
7th Grade
Terrorism: Civil Liberties and Security in a Changing World
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Altice USA
Nicole Lopez & Dylan Daves
8th Grade
Land Development vs Conservation
Sidney Gutierrez Middle School
Roswell, NM
Cable ONE
Wali Qureshi
8th Grade
The Unjust Justice System
John Adams Middle School
Edison, NJ
Altice USA
Madison Hines
12th Grade
Bee Movie Without The Bees
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Katie Judd
11th Grade
The Heroin Epidemic in America
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Emily Tieu
9th Grade
Let's Get to Work!
Abraham Lincoln High School
Los Angeles, CA
Spectrum
Rana Reid & Susannah Burch
11th and 10th Grade
Addressing the Lack of Affordable Housing in America
Home School Rehoboth Academy
Upper Marlboro, MD
Comcast
Ameena Bharde, Hibbah Karim & Maryam Farooqui
10th Grade
Obamacare: The Path to Making America Healthy Again
Al-Huda School
College Park, MD
Comcast
Courtney Pappas, Natalia Loumidis & Isabel DiNardo
8th Grade
An Aversion to Conversion?
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Isabella Reilly, Sophie DeMoya & Dallas Brown
9th Grade
Mother Nature for Granted
A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Comcast
Morgan King, Sophia Callan & Sydney Matas
9th Grade
What's The Catch?
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Isabella Levine & Addele Hargenrader
10th Grade
Lost in the System: America's Unnoticed Youth
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Madeleine Bonnallie & Madeleine Dorst
12th Grade
Color Me Frustrated
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Sarah Morgan
11th Grade
Girls Just Wanna Have Representation
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Ellie Shilling & Eliza Bernene
8th Grade
Death Penalty: Is Our Criminal Justice System Flawed?
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Ally Kennedy, Ben Derksen & Rodney Durham
12th Grade
Emissions Drive the Motor City
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Lucy Gavin, Nina Boggan & Sidney Gray
10th Grade
Locked Up: The Aftermath of the War on Drugs
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Virginia Henrici & Anna Moore
10th Grade
The Latest Buzz
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Shekhar Iyer, Aman Karangutkar & Amit Acharya
9th Grade
Before The Rise
John P. Stevens High School
Edison, NJ
Altice USA
John Rolwes, Seid Music & Haley Gassel
12th Grade
Education Reform in the United States
Affton High School
St. Louis, MO
Spectrum
Peter Donovan, Zane Witter, Olivia Campos
9th Grade
Atmosphere of Denial
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Jackson Cropper
10th Grade
Food Insecurity in America
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Jesus Barron, Priscilla Hall & Daniel Montez
12th Grade
Immigration
Joe Calvillo CTE Complex
Weslaco, TX
Spectrum
Sanjana Ranganathan
8th Grade
Clicking Forward
Gale Ranch Middle School
San Ramon, CA
Comcast
Chase Riling, Brady Keene & David Morris
12th Grade
It Starts With the Middle
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Marisa Wojtalewicz & Mia Nysveen
12th Grade
Dear Poverty
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Siani Ellis, Tatiana Laporte & Shayden Smith
11th Grade
Protecting the Integrity of American Aid
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Aisling O'Connell, Olivia Todd & Katie Schuster
8th Grade
Crossing the Border, Reaching the Light
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Nick Marth & Hunter Lutte
11th and 12th Grade
Our Hidden Problem
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric Cable TV
Aden Alvine
7th Grade
Pot or Not?
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Mollie McGrady, Mollie Melnick & Kelsey Urbach
10th Grade
Saving Our Shores
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Francine Vasquez, Jenna Bostick & Amanda Gonzalez
11th Grade
Women's Rights are Human Rights
Coral Reef Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Da-Young Kim & Vierra Queen
8th Grade
Meeting Halfway: Mending Police-Minority Relations
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Avery Smedley, Alina Kahn & Hunter Walterman
8th Grade
A Nation Divided: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Madelyn Wozniak, Stella Bruce & Phoebe Haas
8th Grade
They Fought For Us, So Let's Fight For Them
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Mindy Olinger, Tiffany Bargo & Kenari Moore
12th Grade
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Grace Novak
12th Grade
Policing the Media
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Eric Hatch & Theo Lee
11th Grade
Affordable Housing: The Solution to the Homelessness Crisis
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Eyan Reboucas & Andrea Pozo
11th Grade
LGBT
Coral Reef Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Niamh Ducey, Jennifer Brummett & Olena Zelinsky
10th Grade
Home: Affordable Housing Up Close
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Michael Bogaev
11th Grade
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Weston High School
Weston, CT
Altice USA
Alisa Gao & Irene Park
11th Grade
It Should Be Worth It
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Sofia Wilson, Uma Duarte Esgalhado & Mathew Pulley
10th and 11th Grade
A Voice for the Voiceless: Mental Health in America
NYC iSchool
New York, NY
Spectrum
Tristan Cooper
8th Grade
American Infrastructure
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Hailey Chellis
11th Grade
At All Costs: Rising Costs of College in America
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Sharon Jeon
10th Grade
Equity in Education
Long Reach High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
John Gorman
12th Grade
Voting for Change
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Muhammad Jalal, Justin Carter & Collin Bogoski
10 and 12th Grade
Nuclear Energy: A Piece of the Puzzle
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Matthew Aronin & Charlie Janko
8th Grade
The Threat is Real: The Need for CyberSecurity
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast
Aaron Martin
12th Grade
The Color Of Law
Ozen High School
Beaumont, TX
Spectrum
Tess Williams & Nicole Tran
8th Grade
Healing America: Developing a Better Health Care System
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Joe Osmundson, Brady Collins & Sean Baker
6th Grade
Vision of Terrorism
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Elizabeth Searles & Mira Rudensky
9th Grade
Mental Health: A Silent Epidemic
A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Comcast
Sophie Boorstin & Maren Beriss
11th Grade
Racial Inequality in Education
Maret School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Sam Rose, Johannes Temm & Alessandro Allen
10th Grade
Drones: Our Future in the Sky
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Tatiana Yared & Ashley Lee
11th Grade
Obesity: a Growing Epidemic
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Altice USA
Tatum Homer-Dibble, Lauren Hughes & Emme Santos
10th Grade
Tapping the Wage Gap
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Damani McAdoo & Angel Escobar
12th Grade
Gentrification in DC
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Jasper Wright, Sachi Vora & Cannon Dean
7th Grade
Can We Put The Care Back in Healthcare?
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
Atlantic Broadband
Alexandra Weidenfeld, Julia Williamson & Ruby Santana
10th Grade
Overdosed: Battling America's Opioid Epidemic
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Bella Colandrea, Maxim Jelton & Asha Christensen
11th Grade
Securing the U.S Power Grid
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Mckinney, TX
Spectrum
Mackenzie Caffo, Jessica Ellis & Maggie Curran
8th Grade
Toxic Waves
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Corbin Olson, Dillon Johnson & Austin Nelson
12th Grade
Syrian Refugee Crisis
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Emma Nerrow, Avrie DeMayo & Chloe Little
8th Grade
LGBTQ+ Rights in School
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Grace Weiler & Addie Hammond
7th Grade
School Funding
Lora Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, IN
Comcast
Emma Barnes, Andrew Bates & Akaash Suresh
9th Grade
Drawing the Line
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Ana de la Rosa, Paula Perez & Sabrina Rodriguez
8th Grade
Upwards or Downwards
South Miami Middle School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Sarah Bomhoff
6th Grade
National Debt: Left for the Next Generation
Thomas A. Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco