In 2015, C-SPAN received over 2,200 documentaries from students representing 45 states. Students were asked to create a 5-7 minute documentary addressing the theme:
The Three Branches and You.
Tell a story that demonstrates how a policy law, or action has affected you or your community.
Anna Gilligan, Katie Demos & Michael Lozovoy
8th Grade
The Artificial Wage
SCAPA Bluegrass
Lexington, KY
Time Warner Cable
Matthew Post, John Caporaletti & Keza Levine
9th Grade
School Lunches: Healthier Hunger-Free Kids
Sherwood High School
Sandy Spring, MD
Comcast
McKinleigh Lair
12th Grade
Dam it, Tulsa! Fix the River
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Severiano Romo, Alexis Rainery & Molly Kerwick
12th Grade
An IDEA for Tomorrow
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Anna Pinkerton & Elizabeth Budin
8th Grade
Dare to Dream
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Nicholas Fechner-Mills, Jack Russ & Prim Phoolsombat
10th Grade
SNAP to it America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Madeline Bowne
11th Grade
Student Loan Debt: A Burden on America's Scholars
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill, NJ
Comcast
Tate Hawver & Cameron Tuech
12th Grade
Wild and Scenic
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Bright House Networks
Cole Sebastian, Thomas Norris & Amy Gilbert
10th Grade
Housing the Future
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Christian Miller, Lex Neely & Emily Walker
12th Grade
Ethanol In Milan, Today and Tomorrow
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Evan Gulock
12th Grade
The Affordable Care Act: A Snapshot of the Now
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Matthew Eastmo, Travis Mills & Ashley Peterson
12th Grade
The Keystone Effect
Saint Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midcontinent
Eli Kirshner, Ricardo Moreno & Arden Siegel
11th Grade
Still Left Behind?
Skyline High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Destin Bigsby
11th Grade
Guns in America
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Giavanna Anguiano, Sierra Vaught & Martha Pacheco Flores
12th Grade
Fuera de la Sombra
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Cox Communications
Joshua Hamilton, Tyler Staby & Connor Krohn
11th Grade
9066
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Justice Best
11th Grade
Effects of Sage-grouse in Nevada
Spanish Springs High School
Sparks, NV
Charter Communications
Allie Stanley & Katherine Thompson
8th Grade
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Power Play
Fort Payne Middle School
Fort Payne, AL
Charter Communications
Ally Lee, Haley Leavens & Claire Bene
8th Grade
Same Sex Marriage
Beverly Cleary School
Portland, OR
Comcast
Shannon Lamb, Faith Burton & Britney Erickson
8th Grade
The Washington What?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Joseph Sexton
8th Grade
The American Dream: Jersey City
Explore 2000 Middle School
Jersey City, NJ
Comcast
Katelyn Goglia, Christine Goglia & Jessica McLeod
10th Grade
To Kill a Waterway
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Isaiah Schmidt, Jack Hazel & Raven Lewellen
11th Grade
International Students
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC
Time Warner Cable
Kevin Baker & Love Chung
10th Grade
Nuestra Casa (Our House)
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Helen Malhotra
11th Grade
District of Columbia: Taxation Without Representation
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Beatrice Mackay & Alexis Primus
12th Grade
HIV and AIDS in the Nation's Capital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Carl Stewart, Evan Pisani & Samuel Dreyer
11th Grade
Up in the Air
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Comcast
John Gorman, Jeremy Gagnon & Julian Perez-Garcia
10th Grade
Fowl Play
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lily Montgomery, Cami Vanderwolf & Siena Fouse
10th Grade
The Injustice of Mental Health
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
London Kahler, Hanna Glissendorf & Alexa Diehl
12th Grade
Technical Difficulties: Fixing Electronic Medical Records
Saint Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Midcontinent
Kayla Johnson-Levy, Micah Johnson-Levy & Nathan Stout
11th Grade
Liberty and Justice for ALL
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
David Sotelo & Brooks Armstrong
12th Grade
Defending Our Heroes
Hutchinson High School
Hutchinson, KS
Cox Communications
Christopher Self
12th Grade
The New Generation - The Americans with Disabilities Act
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Parkersburg, IA
Mediacom
Mackenzie VanZee
10th Grade
Determination of the Nation
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Joel Robinson
12th Grade
A Hard Drive for Net Neutrality
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Frank Muller
10th Grade
All It Takes Is One Bad Apple: Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Ethan Dennis
10th Grade
Burstyn v. Wilson: The Decision that Saved My Art
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Leah Phillips & Ashley Le
11th Grade
Help for Homeless Heroes
Fountain Valley High School
Fountain Valley, CA
Time Warner Cable
Andrea Vallejo, Shelbie Verbrugh & Kennent Sandoval
12th Grade
Salton Sea Restoration
Southwest High School
El Centro, CA
Time Warner Cable
Ashley Butler, Michelle Seo & Rhian Advincula
11th Grade
Home is where the Heart Is
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Samantha Mike & Jhosua Islas
12th Grade
The GI Bill: An Investment in the Future of the Nation
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Thomas Fleming
9th Grade
Big Money; Big Problems
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Bennett McCarthy, Max Mosack & Samuel Leonard
9th Grade
Domestic Drones
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Jacqueline Toyama, Chelsea Mai & Katie Pream
9th Grade
GMOs Help the World Grow
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Ben Blum
9th Grade
Prison Break: Reforming America's Prisons
Terra Linda High School
San Rafael, CA
Comcast
Sejal Rajamani, Piper Watson & Nikki Nguyen
8th Grade
No Child Left Behind: It's Time To Change
Lora Batchelor Middle School
Bloomington, IN
Comcast
Aubrey Beam, Asha Duerden & Teodora Kanlic
8th Grade
Ocean Obsolescence: Marine Animal and Habitat Conservation
Elysian Charter School
Hoboken, NJ
Cablevision
Ethan Cranston & Alexa VanSchaardenburg
8th Grade
Marijuana in Colorado - The Road to Ruin or Reward
Bell Middle School
Golden, CO
Comcast
Tad Rosenberg & Kyle Pinkney
8th Grade
The Affordable Care Act: Can We Afford the Risks?
Mark Twain Middle School
Alexandria, VA
Comcast
Marlee San Sebastian, Siena Butters & Madeline Merrill
8th Grade
Voter Identification Laws: A Precaution or a Violation of Our Rights?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Virginia Henrici & Isabella Levine
8th Grade
The Safe Drinking Water Act: From Source to Tap
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Nora Bay, Cindy Liu & Gillian Smith
8th Grade
The Clean Water Act: Protecting Our Wetlands
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Isaac Applebaum, Katharine Hartmann & Lesly Benitez
8th Grade
Through the Golden Door: The Impact of America's Immigration Policy
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Addele Hargenrader, Callia Chuang & Jacob Holland
8th Grade
Education of a Nation
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Addison Lowmexay, TJ Pho & Timmy Chanthavongsa
12th Grade
High Speed Rail
McLane High School
Fresno, CA
Comcast
Alan Lee, Kari Iocolano & Nadia Ali
12th Grade
Nation of Immigrants
Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY
Time Warner Cable
Alex Keller & Heather Reid
10th Grade
Homelessness in Knoxville, TN
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville, TN
Comcast
Alicia Dutton, Julia Dutton & Jaeda Rochford-Hague
9th Grade
Hope for the Homeless
Home School
Newport, NH
Comcast
Amber Carroll & Taylor Theakston
8th Grade
Saving Innocence
Fort Payne Middle School
Fort Payne, AL
Charter Communications
Andrew Kitson, Joey Levesque & Sam Reddington
10th Grade
The Effects the Magnuson-Stevens Act has on New England Fishermen
Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Angelee Davis, Olivia Bohl & Jake Fettig
8th Grade
Should Space Exploration and Travel be Publicly Funded?
Bell Middle School
Golden, CO
Comcast
Anna Venetianer, Anna Weidman & Vincent Billett
12th Grade
Extension of the Silver Line
Thomas Jefferson High School
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Ariel Barnea, Alon Ben-Avraham & Jack Kaplan
7th Grade
The True Cost of the Minimum Wage
Solomon Schechter Day School Bergen County
New Milford, NJ
Cablevision
Ashleen Sweeney, Sean Quesada & Brianna Hillman
12th Grade
The Reality of Homelessness
Saint Ignatius College Prep
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Aubrey Lay, Hannah McQuaid & Zoe McIntosh
8th Grade
Debating Equality: The Effects of Executive Order 13672
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Batiah Sinepha
8th Grade
The Affordable Care Act Was An Act For You
Florida Virtual School
Orlando, FL
Bright House Networks
Bechara Karam & Emile Karam
8th Grade
Freedom Of Religion In My Religious Community
South Miami Middle Community School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Ben Miller, Charles Gryder & Will Ederer
9th Grade
A Bigger Table: A Local Immigration Success Story
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Braedyn Weaver, Harrison Wells & Brayden Duncan
8th Grade
Militarization of Police
Beverly Cleary School
Portland, OR
Comcast
Brandon Burnett & Dim Mang
11th Grade
Immigration Act of 1990: A Family's Journey
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Carl Colglazier
12th Grade
The People's House
Home School
Cary, NC
Time Warner Cable
Clarissa Xia, Brynne Schoen & Adair Holton
8th Grade
A New Domain: Protection on the Cybersecurity Front
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Courtney Kroeger, Sam Pointer & Johnathon Frey
12th Grade
Marriage in Missouri
Affton High School
St. Louis, MO
Charter Communications
Courtney Phelps & Peyton Jones
12th Grade
Gun Safety in Schools
Sidney High School
Sidney, OH
Time Warner Cable
Danie Stewart, Maniza Habib & Sophia White
10th Grade
Kingdom of the Corporate Giants
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Darby Hakken, Julia Hines & Maddie Schoeni
11th Grade
The Stimulus Package: Rejuvenating Our Water System and Community
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Delanee Wilson & Greer Spradling
9th Grade
Guns in the Hands of Georgian Criminals
Cambridge High School
Milton, GA
Comcast
Derek Lamb, Ben Beriss & Ari Charles
10th Grade
The Purple Line - Keeping Maryland on Track
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Eli Betts & Elizabeth Tum
12th Grade
TransValue Obamacare
Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY
Time Warner Cable
Elizabeth Sturgeon & Emily Spradling
12th Grade
Funding for the Fine Arts: The Why and How
Spain Park High School
Birmingham, AL
Charter Communications
Ella Hirata & Toli Tate
8th Grade
Immigration in the United States
Beverly Cleary School
Portland, OR
Comcast
Emma Markus, Elena Nee & Miranda Daly
8th Grade
Vaccines and the National Vaccine Plan
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Eric Hatch, Theo Lee & Stanly Chung
9th Grade
The Gang Solves the Water Crisis
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Evan Pickell & Joanna Stringer
9th Grade
Breaking the Wall- Restoring the Shore
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Charter Communications
Garrett Masters & Rhiannon Bull
7th Grade
Technology in the Classroom
Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midcontinent
Grace Sablich, Brooke Baumeister & Alexa Hulse
8th Grade
Equal Pay for Equal Work
Maple Avenue Middle School
Saratoga Springs, NY
Time Warner Cable
Grace Weissman & Izzy Lott
10th Grade
It's On CampUs: Preventing Sexual Violence in College
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Halee Mahoney & Grace Erickson
11th Grade
From Service to Disservice
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Ian Hernandez, Connor Kolze & Noah Anderson
8th Grade
Genetically Modified Dinner
Beverly Cleary School
Portland, OR
Comcast
Ian Kaye
10th Grade
Plan B: Hobby Lobby's Battle Against Contraception
Amherst Regional High School
Amherst, MA
Comcast
Jack Connolly, Madeline DeFrino & Emily O'Brien
12th Grade
Black Lives Matter
Saint Ignatius College Prep
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Jacob Baer, Sophia Holbrook & Katie Grant
11th Grade
Common Core: A New Branch of Education
Amador Valley High School
Pleasonton, CA
Comcast
Jacqueline Soto
12th Grade
Racism in the Legal System
Clifton J. Ozen Magnet High School
Beaumont, TX
Time Warner Cable
Jaime Danies, Laura Gonzalez & Ryan Lopez
11th Grade
NRC: Regulation or Disorganization?
TERRA Environmental Research Institute
Miami, FL
Comcast
Jordan Stockslager, Alex Hellmann & Benjamin Bardgett
12th Grade
Heroin: The Problem
Highlands High School
Fort Thomas, KY
Time Warner Cable
Julia Conlon, Anna DeGrauw & Zac Halsey
12th Grade
Selective Service System
Community School of Davidson
Davidson, NC
MI-Connection
Julie Meng, Ashley Hitchings & Zage Strassberg-Phillips
8th Grade
The Gap That Divides Us
David Starr Jordan Middle School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Kaitlyn Foster, Samantha Woo & Tristen Hayes
11th Grade
The Future of America's Education: Common Core
Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Kallie Lutz
11th Grade
Cancer Research Funding
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Kate Holland & Raef Rothschild
11th Grade
Below the Line
Highland Park High School
Dallas, TX
Charter Communications
Kathleen Givan & Meredith Givan
11th Grade
America Needs a Raise
West Lafayette High School
West Lafayette, IN
Comcast
Kayla Salehian, Elaina Young & Autumn Coulthard
8th Grade
The Pros and Cons of the Affordable Care Act
The Alexander Dawson School
Las Vegas, NV
Cox Communications
Kelly Anderson, Ethan Ellis & Abhin Kurella
8th Grade
Silver Sprung- The Story of the Revival of an American Suburb
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kevin Ho, Calvin Bruwelheide & Nina Lane
8th Grade
Defense Sequestration: The Community and Us
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Kevin Ottati, Corey Tambasco & Teddy Picciocca
12th Grade
Remove Ethanol and Replenish the National Highway Trust Fund
Amsterdam High School
Amsterdam, NY
Time Warner Cable
Kiara Huemer & Bethany Erb
12th Grade
Subsidized Farms, Agricultural Communities, and Old Macdonald
Mount Horeb High School
Mount Horeb, WI
Charter Communications
Krystal Lau
12th Grade
The Cost of Knowledge
Davis Senior High School
Davis, CA
Comcast
Lauren Frost, Elizabeth Cove & Ben Bradshaw
10th Grade
For the Love of the Game
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Lauren Schmitt & Olivia Smith
8th Grade
The 2nd Amendment in the 21st Century
Langston Charter Middle School
Greenville, SC
Charter Communications
Liam Power, Matilda Kitabwalla & Emily Kapelsohn
12th Grade
National School Lunch Program: Healthy Kids, Unhealthy Budgets
Parkland High School
Allentown, PA
Service Electric
Lucas Zenobi, Noah Livingston & Caroline Coulter
12th Grade
Freedom's College - A Collision of Values
Grove City Area High School
Grove City, PA
Armstrong Group
Luis Caminero
12th Grade
Wet Feet, Dry Policy
John A. Ferguson Senior High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Madison Gheer
11th Grade
Heroin Epidemic
Conrad Weiser High School
Robesonia, PA
Comcast
Manasi Yedavalli, Adelaide Harris & Wilson Rigler
8th Grade
Freelancers: The Nation's Most Wanted
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Mary Klein & Abby McKrell
11th Grade
Shelby County vs Holder: Speculations and Impacts
William G. Enloe High School
Raleigh, NC
Time Warner Cable
Max Foley-Keene, Donald De Alwis & Paul Bass
11th Grade
A Ticking Time Bomb: America's Student Debt Crisis
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Max Martin
7th Grade
Scars Unhealed
Edison Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
Midcontinent
Mia Altieri
12th Grade
The One in Five
Scripps Ranch High School
San Diego, CA
Time Warner Cable
Mia Norton, Lindy Winter & McKaylee Smith
11th Grade
Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Legislative Branch
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Time Warner Cable
Michael Lemley, Rachel Burch & Kaylee Boger
11th Grade
The Colonial Parkway: The Foundation Of Our Economy
Williamsburg Christian Academy
Williamsburg, VA
Cox Communications
Michael Pyskaty
12th Grade
Cracking the Common Core
Starpoint High School
Lockport, NY
Time Warner Cable
Mika Yatsuhashi, Olivia Lindsley & Claire Maske
10th Grade
Funding a Future: Arts Education and the Cromnibus Budget
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Nani Wolf, Hava Kaplan & Patrick Reisterer
11th Grade
Undetected Youth
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Nataly Kaldawy, Anisha Prakash & Sarah Vigevani
7th Grade
Congress and Clean Water
The Sage School
Foxboro, MA
Comcast
Nate Gollmer, Tarah Collins & Jacob Whatley
12th Grade
Eminent Domain: Mounds Lake
Frankton High School
Frankton, IN
Swayzee Tele Broadband
Nick Climer & Nathan Bemus
12th Grade
Public Assistance in Sidney, Ohio
Sidney High School
Sidney, OH
Time Warner Cable
Nicole Bera & Megan Banaski
11th Grade
Same-Sex Marriage: The Controversy in Wisconsin
KM Global
Wales, WI
Time Warner Cable
Oliver Kline
8th Grade
The Patent System
Beverly Cleary School
Portland, OR
Comcast
Paige Raymond, Sara Skeels & Whitney Holman
9th Grade
Gun Laws
Trumann High School
Trumann, AR
Ritter Communications
Peter McCrae-Hokenson, Jade Sykes & Joseph Fraley
12th Grade
A Hard Day's Work Deserves a Fair Day's Pay
Milan High School
Milan, MI
Comcast
Rachel Kryska, Maddie Wilson & Lia Chapman
11th Grade
D-Hall
Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Comcast
Rebecca Summerlin & Emily Smith
12th Grade
The Clean Water Act (1972)
Mountain View High School
Meridian, ID
CableOne
Robert Cross, Matthew Franklin & Christine Sullivan
12th Grade
Whom Does Medicaid Really Aid?
Midlothian High School
Midlothian, VA
Comcast
Ryan Seffinger & Maria Mendoza
12th Grade
Citizens United v. FEC: A Transformative Decision
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Cablevision
Saloni Nahar & Linsey Nowack
12th Grade
Small Beetle, Big Problem
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, IL
Comcast
Sanjana Ranganathan
6th Grade
Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax
Gale Ranch Middle School
San Ramon, CA
Comcast
Sarah Cohen & Madison Tessler
8th Grade
Liberty, Justice and Equality for ALL
The Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast
Sarah Conner, Katie Culman & Allie Winstanley
8th Grade
The Wage Gap
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Sarah Thieme, Lauren Javelle & Abby Rearick
11th Grade
Bolt Closed, Open Sights
Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth, RI
Cox Communications
Sophia Swartz
9th Grade
A Most Fractious Debate - The Tale of Act 13
Tamanend Middle School
Warrington, PA
Comcast
Sumeet Kadian & Will McEwan
8th Grade
Social Security: A System in Grave Danger
East Lyme Middle School
Niantic, CT
MetroCast
Sydney Thompson, Caitlyn Hiller & John Klopatek
10th Grade
How Common Core Affects Us
Mercer School
Mercer, WI
Karban TV Systems
Taylor Fitts, Vittoria Price & Hannah Bejarano
8th Grade
Immigration
Sidney Gutierrez Middle School
Roswell, NM
CableOne
Taylor Herold & Evan Nathanson
8th Grade
Homeless Not Hopeless
The Davis Academy
Atlanta, GA
Comcast
Theren Williams
12th Grade
Minimum Wage: The Need to Rise
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Tristan Henkel, Jessica Kerry & Emma Denlinger
10th Grade
Scheduling Lives: Marijuana Under the Controlled Substances Act
Hammond High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Victoria Baxter, Maggie Conaway & Lindsey Chen
12th Grade
Access to Nutritious Foods in Urban Settings
Saint Ignatius College Prep
San Francisco, CA
Comcast
Victoria Flynn, Kiera Clowney & Stefanie Hacker
11th Grade
Dollar Signs to Learning Signs
Clearview Regional High School
Mullica Hill, NJ
Comcast
Xavier Lamas, Arda Ibas & Camden Blackburn
8th Grade
Common Core
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Ludlow, MA
Charter Communications
Yeaasen Mooktadeer, Destiny Lopez & Kenrick Alfred
12th Grade
To Ban or Not to Ban
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
Bronx, NY
Cablevision