In 2016, C-SPAN received almost 2,900 documentaries from students representing 44 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.
Olivia Hurd
10th Grade
Up to Our Necks
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Ben Miller, William Ederer & Charles Gryder
10th Grade
Driving Forward
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Griffin Olis, Michael Frazier & Zehn Wani
12th Grade
The 1%
Troy Athens High Schooll
Troy, MI
Comcast
Daniela Mock-Zubia & Sofia Taglienti
12th and 10th Grade
Rethinking Reform: Prisons in America
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Mia Lazar & Ava Lazar
8th and 6th Grade
What Should be Done about Money in Politics?
Blacksburg New School
Blacksburg, VA
Comcast
Madeline Bowne
12th Grade
When the House Becomes a Home
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, NJ
Comcast
Erin Namovicz, Isabel Fenton & Sofia Munoz
10th Grade
Wasted Lives: A Childhood Behind Bars
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
John Caporaletti & Matt Post
10th Grade
Campaign Finance: The Issue of all Issues
Sherwood High School
Sandy Spring, MD
Comcast
Joanne Ha & Sarina Matson
10th Grade
Lower the Vote, Raise America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Ethan Dennis
11th Grade
Before the Fall: A Season for Prevention in Mental Health Care
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Andrew Demeter
12th Grade
The Big Decision
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School
Chardon, OH
Time Warner Cable
Brandon Burnett
12th Grade
The Price is Not Right
Jennks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Taylor Millican
11th Grade
Talent on the Table
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Leo Pfeifer
12th Grade
An Incarcerated Nation
Ballard High School
Seattle, WA
Comcast
Kathryn Menard, Christian Payne, & Alexander Walter
12th Grade
Wag(e)ing War: The Struggle for Equality in the Workplace
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Andy Chan, Aaqil Khan, & Shannon Kha
12th Grade
A Sense of Security
Alhambra High School
Alhambra, CA
Charter Communications
Leah Phillips & Justin Nguyen
12th Grade
Autism is a Journey, Not a Sentence
Fountain Valley High School
Fountain Valley, CA
Time Warner Cable
Zachary Kesselhaut
8th Grade
Cyberwarfare: The Next Big Problem
Clinton Township Middle School
Clinton, NJ
Comcast
Fione Evans & Abbie O'Brien
8th Grade
National Immigration Issues
West Scranton Intermediate School
Scranton, PA
Comcast
Matthew Weinsheimer & Preston Beatty
8th Grade
The American Criminal Justice System: Are We Doing it Right?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
En-Hua Holtz & Ethan Stewart
8th Grade
Russia and America: Cold Snap or Permafrost?
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
Atlantic Broadband
Sydney Plastow & Zoe Heafner
10th Grade
Education In America
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Bright House Networks
Gilda Geist, Catherine Horowitz & Abbigail Willis
10th Grade
To Go Beyond: The Cost of a Higher Education
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Valerie Ho, Elaine Suh & Lea Watkins-Chow
10th Grade
Student Loan Debt: Dragging the Nation Down
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Comcast
Albert Zhang
10th Grade
A Heated Conversation
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Ben Cerauli, Sammy Stevens & Sophia Cantu
9th Grade
A Flaw in the System - Bail
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Maia Grieve
11th Grade
Poverty and Homelessness in the United States
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
David Fadul & Ali Rashedi
12th Grade
Money in Politics v. The United States
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Jack Hazel, Elisha Hummer & Elias Tupper
12th Grade
Minimum Wage
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC
Time Warner Cable
Allie Stanley
9th Grade
Manufacturing: Made in the USA
Fort Payne High School
Fort Payne, AL
Charter Communications
Beecher Owens & Tyler Cauley
11th Grade
OPERATION: Job Creation
Mannford High School
Mannford, OK
Cim Tel Cable
Sophia LaSorsa, Leora Boyd & Mikaela Chavis
10th Grade
Racial Injustice
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville, TN
Comcast
Dani Fournier, Tyler Adams & Konrad Jeppesen
12th Grade
The College Cost Crisis
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Elizabeth Woelmer, Audrey Gyolai & Bryce Girbach
12th Grade
Space: The Final Fund-tier
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Lindy Anderson, Dennis Glass & Kelsea Eaddy
12th Grade
Refugee Treatment In America
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Sara Nell
11th Grade
A Woman's Choice
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Katie Garner
12th Grade
Gay Marriage
Lakeside High School
Hot Springs, AR
Resort TV Cable
Peyton Young
12th Grade
We Are Better Than This
Rockwall High School
Rockwall, TX
Charter Communications
Destin Bigsby
12th Grade
The Great Divide
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Justice Best
12th Grade
Wild Horse Management
Spanish Springs High School
Sparks, NV
Charter Communications
Jerry Sun
12th Grade
Edu-ca-tion
Abraham Lincoln High School
Los Angeles, CA
Time Warner Cable
Bhavana Penmetsa, Marium Asghar & Sabrina Bhargava
11th Grade
Higher Education: The Key to Our Future
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Time Warner Cable
Sophie Marts & Michaela Knollmann
12th Grade
College Tuition: Priceless or Priced Less?
Issaquah High School
Issaquah, WA
Comcast
Robbie Selwyn & Ayush Gupta
9th Grade
Addressing Cybersecurity In Today's Connected World
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Nicholas Solari, Mark Capaccio & Cole Savageaux
12th Grade
Gun Violence - Finding Real Solutions
St. Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Claire Rutstein, Victoria Barrow & Elizabeth Barrow
8th Grade
Hope in Homelessness
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord MA
Comcast
Madeline Carey, Lily Faucett & Emily Capofreddi
8th Grade
Death With Dignity
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord MA
Comcast
Ariel Barnea & Moshe Kruger
8th Grade
Global Warming: A Heated Debate
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Cablevision
Liliana Schroedl, Gretchen Ness & Naomi Thoelke
8th Grade
Water Pollution
Delano Middle School
Delano, MN
Charter Communications
Sabrina Rodriguez, Ana de la Rosa & Paula Perez
7th Grade
Health Care in the United States
South Miami Middle Community School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Walter Osborne, Joey Huang & Charles Shi
8th Grade
The Immigration Modulation
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Uma Gupta, Tudor Postolache & Malia Magbie
8th Grade
Pulling the Trigger on Gun Control
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Mariko Yatsuhashi & Ananya Iyer
8th Grade
The Controversy of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Wadi Ahmed, Habeeb Hijazi & Rayyan Nahavandi
8th Grade
The State of the Corporate Tax System
Al Huda School
College Park, MD
Comcast
Chloe Henry, Ella Ganter & Addie Miller
8th Grade
Fracking Water Consumption
Bell Middle School
Golden CO
Comcast
Audrey Pino, Katarina Chaffee & Jade Garcia
8th Grade
Texting while Driving
Bell Middle School
Golden CO
Comcast
Brianda Ley, Ashley Canaris & Juan Sanchez
12th Grade
The Immigration Dilemma
Calexico High School
Calexico, CA
Time Warner Cable
Colin Spencer & Calvin McAllister
8th Grade
Federalism
Canterbury Middle School
Fort Wayne, IN
Comcast
Andrew Batts, Cristian Hernandez & Natalie Gomez
12th Grade
Walking the Fence
Captain John L. Chapin High School
El Paso, TX
Time Warner Cable
Rebecca Walters & Brian Zayicek
12th Grade
Help vs. Horror
Clearview Regional High School
Mullica Hill, NJ
Comcast
Dallin Agatone, Kelsey McAlpin & Samantha Payer
11th and 12th Grade
Not a Drop to Drink
Clearview Regional High School
Mullica Hill, NJ
Comcast
Mollie Makowski
12th Grade
Kids: Seen and Not Heard
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Erica Kirn
12th Grade
Music on the Chopping Block
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Kallie Lutz
12th Grade
A Women's Right
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Stella Bruce & Jacqui Power
7th Grade
Oceanic Pollution
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Tristan Cooper
7th Grade
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Kai Douglas, Dean Casey & Jun Hyung Kim
8th Grade
The Wage Battle
David Starr Jordan Middle School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Linnea Brunvand
8th Grade
Early Childhood Education For All
Discovery Middle School
Canton, MI
Comcast
Lilyan Zebib
8th Grade
The Immigrants Are Coming
Discovery Middle School
Canton, MI
Comcast
Aarushi Ganguly & Moriah Ma
8th Grade
The Wage Gap
East Middle School
Plymouth, MI
Comcast
Josie James-Le, Shifra Dayak & Clare Zhang
8th Grade
Background Checks: Helping? Or Hurting?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Natalie Ruano, Lydia Levy & Matthew Oudkerk
8th Grade
Common Core: Finding Common Ground
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Haili Bruckner & Eli Protas
8th Grade
Earth As We Know It: Climate Change in the Presidential Debates
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Nathalie Molina & Dylan Rich
8th Grade
Those Undocumented
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lana Nguyen & Aidan Goldenberg-Hart
8th Grade
Death on Trial: the Fight for Life or Death
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kimberly Liu, Maria Cannon & Daniel Greigg
8th Grade
Transgender in the US: Right or Fright?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Madeleine de Visa, Emma Frank & Sabrena Carver-Tchagna
8th Grade
Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Clayton Stokka, Patrick Gaddis & Jayden Bartlett
6th Grade
Should The Government Provide Free Or Inexpensive Higher Education?
Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Else Madsen & Kate McCartney
6th Grade
The 'E' in Education
Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Emily Kim
8th Grade
Racism Transformed
Ellicott Mills Middle School
Ellicott City, MD
Comcast
Cole Blalock & Austin Evans
6th Grade
Illegal Immigration: The Two-Faced Problem
Fort Payne Middle School
Fort Payne, AL
Charter Communications
Madeleine Tokunaga, Gensen Danipog & Nathan Dang
12th Grade
Degree in Debt
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Molly Schreier, Daniela Ruiz Perez & Rebecca Palmer
10th Grade
Student Debt: The Endless Struggle with Student Loans
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Ahna Feldstein, Grace Lee & Matthew Lupo
10th Grade
America: Land of the Free?
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Hannah Wehrmeister, Emma Schreier & Kylie Potter
10th Grade
Where: Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Megan Cox, Bryce Stiles, Abigail Bradfield
10th Grade
Climate Change: Debatable
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville, TN
Comcast
Ryan Hart, Tarver Nicely & Seth Maxwell
10th Grade
Saving our Skies: America's Air Pollution Problem
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville, TN
Comcast
Simon Jolly, Drew Freshour & Jake Brown
10th Grade
How Will America Power Tomorrow?
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville, TN
Comcast
Charles Ehrman
11th Grade
GMO: The Ascending Era
Huntington High School
Huntington, NY
Cablevision
Frank Muller
11th Grade
Worth It? The Story of American Universities
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Amit Acharya, Shekhar Iyer & Aman Karangutkar
8th Grade
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
John Adams Middle School
Edison, NJ
Cablevision
Kristen Laurie & Makenna Hennegan
10th and 11th Grade
To A Good Home
Lake Ridge High School
Mansfield, TX
Charter Communications
Danny Price & Austin Morrow
11th and 12th Grade
The Syrian Question
Lakeside High School
Hot Springs, AR
Resort TV Cable
Erin Carson & Sydney Keffer
8th Grade
Gun Control: Deciding Who's Behind the Trigger
Langston Charter Middle School
Greenville, SC
Charter Communications
Arundathi Nair & Sam Miller
8th Grade
Access to Affordable Higher Education is the Investment for the Future
Laramie Junior High School
Laramie, WY
Charter Communications
Cassidy Powers, Chloe Jun & Carlos Necoechea
9th Grade
Human Trafficking: The End to Modern Slavery
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Daisy Colvin
8th Grade
Gun Control Debate
Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
Old Lyme, CT
Comcast
Amalia Culpepper-Wehr
8th Grade
To Fund or Not to Fund: The Future of Planned Parenthood
Maple Avenue Middle School
Saratoga Springs, NY
Time Warner Cable
Daniel Ben-Zaken & Rachel Bean
12th and 11th Grade
Target
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Pompano Beach, FL
Comcast
Alexandra Reboredo, Daylin Delgado & Veronica Rarick
10th Grade
Immigration's Road to the White House
Miami Lakes Educational Center
Miami Lakes, FL
Comcast
Taylor Hawkins, Marissa Sotomayor & Kirsten Heldt
12th Grade
Conquering College Affordability
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Corei Flowers, Morgan Dukes & Ben Peacock
12th Grade
Let's Talk About Women's Health: The Defunding of Planned Parenthood
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Alexander Dacy, Sebastien Kraft & Augustin Saah
10th Grade
Oil Rigged
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Benjamin Auslin, Jedediah Grady & Liuel Tibebe
10th Grade
Out of This World
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Jacob Foley-Keene, Isadora Germain & Zoe Friedman
10th Grade
Campaign Finance or Campaign Failure?
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Alix Swann, Marley Majette & Jaya Hinton
10th Grade
The Limits of Judicial Discretion
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Pierre Moglen, John Carter & Nate Bodner
10th Grade
Tipping The Scale
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Darien Price, Annika VanSandt & Julia Henderson
10th Grade
Planned Parenthood: Funding under Fire
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Charles Goldman, Gabel Cramer & Antonia Torfs-Leibman
10th Grade
A Pathway to Prosperity: The Iran Nuclear Deal
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Hank Groberg, Cole Greenberg & Emily Fox
10th Grade
Green for the Future
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Dalya Block, Leila Jackson & Kalina Gibson
10th Grade
Ethanol: The Fuel of the Future
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
William Corson & Brett Doubrava
10th Grade
The Necessity of Improving the Infrastructure of the Roads and Bridges
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Ella Mushen & Emma Shaw
10th Grade
Fear of a Life Spent Underwater
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Claire Lanzendorf, Celia Flory & Sophie Yates
8th Grade
Marriage Equality
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Matthew Gary, Samuel Borick & Julia Fontana
11th and 12th Grade
2016: The Race to Protect the Environment
Nazareth Area High School
Nazareth, PA
Service Electric Cable TV
Erin Bickett
7th Grade
College: Expensive Choices Ahead!
Patrick Henry Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midco
Sedona Wikar
8th Grade
Veteran Services
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Ludlow, MA
Charter Communications
James Elliott
8th Grade
LGBT Rights: Stop The Discrimination
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Ludlow, MA
Charter Communications
Kelly Simonson & Yogi Bhut
10th Grade
Tax Reform
Poolesville High School
Poolesville, MD
Comcast
Rebecca Ruvinsky, Megan Tatum & Michael Hendricks
10th Grade
Promoting Prison Reform: Benefiting More than Just Prisoners
Poolesville High School
Poolesville, MD
Comcast
Kyle Allport, Osmar Acevedo-Rivera & Anthony Brown
11th Grade
Early Childhood Education: Building The Future
Professional Academies Magnet At Loften High School
Gainesville, FL
Cox Communications
Nina Stuckel
12th Grade
Higher Education in the US: A Debt Sentence
Resurrection College Prep High School
Chicago, IL
Comcast
Georgie Abbey
12th Grade
A Woman's Right
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Natalie Granville & Jacqueline Geyfen
12th Grade
Death Penalty: The Fight Over Justice
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Jennifer Gao & Jamie Chen
12th Grade
To Bee or Not to Bee
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Elizabeth Cresson & Henry Frazer
12th Grade
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Isabella Palumbo, Olivia Santilli & Victoria O'neill
8th Grade
Syrian Refugees Or Not?
Scituate Middle School
Scituate, RI
Cox Communications
Lana Morley, Kelsey Morley & Gillian Taylor
8th Grade
Genetically Modified Organisms
Sidney Gutierrez Middle School
Roswell, NM
CableOne
Itai Afriat, Sabre Zimmer & Jacob Mcguire
8th Grade
Drones In The Air
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Cablevision
Maya Fleischer
8th Grade
The Vaccine Debate
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Cablevision
Cassidy Stratman, Shannon Duffy & Maria Wilson
12th Grade
Native Lives Matter
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midco
Abigail Fruge, Zach Castille & Zoe Long
10th Grade
Oil, Our Special Interest
Sulphur High School
Sulphur, LA
SuddenLink Communications
Ann Bailey & Joel Bryant
11th Grade
Standardized
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC
Time Warner Cable
Cole Lowery, Betsy Bullock & Isaiah Schmidt
12th Grade
8 Shots
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC
Time Warner Cable
Mark Wedzielewski
9th Grade
Domestic Surveillance
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Laya Madulapally, Bridget Tokiwa & Julia Szyszko
9th Grade
Working Women and the Wage Gap
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Jonathan Ibarra, Drew Jones & Rubaiyat Rhidoy
12th Grade
The Cost of Justice
TC Williams High School
Alexandria, VA
Comcast
Julia Talamo, George Griffith & Melissa Alvarez
11th Grade
The United States of America: A Sick Care System
Terra Environmental Research Institute
Miami, FL
Comcast
Annika Osterlund, Cori Miwa & Sasha Bates
7th Grade
Gunning for Safety
The Sage School
Foxboro, MA
Comcast
Risheek Rajolu, Matthew Sun & Alison Li
12th Grade
Mass IncarcerNation: America, Behind Bars
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Timothy Zhou & Katherine Wang
11th Grade
Waging a Living
Thomas S. Wootton High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Sarah Maggiacomo
11th Grade
The Price Of Your Future
Triton Regional High School
Byfield, MA
Comcast
Katherine Cassani, Casey Doherty & Grace Freund
12th Grade
Education Reform
Ursuline Academy
St. Louis, MO
Charter Communications
Jillian Madden, Michelle Masson & Hannah Morrison
10th Grade
The Future of College Tuition
Whitney High School
Rocklin, CA
Wave Communications
Isaac Davis, Carter Bruck & Anah Taylor
12th and 10th Grade
Death With Dignity
Williamsburg Christian Academy
Williamsburg, VA
Cox Communications
Walker Simasek & Clay DeHart
10th Grade
Standardized Testing
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Bright House Networks
Christina Spain & Chelsea Wilck
10th Grade
Free College Tuition
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Bright House Networks
Nancy Pickett
11th Grade
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Bright House Networks
Mark Jackson
11th Grade
Branches of Leaves
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast