Documentaries
Click the drop down menus below to view student work from the 2020 Contest season! These projects placed in the top three at their Regional Contests and are all advancing to the State Contest.
Junior group documentary
Alles Het Verander (Everything Has Changed)
by Benjamin Enos, Charlotte Strange, Maia Gubitz, Kate Barnes, and Tyler Rockwell
by Benjamin Enos, Charlotte Strange, Maia Gubitz, Kate Barnes, and Tyler Rockwell
Valentina Tereshkova: Launching New Horizons for Women
by Saanvi Rao and Taruni Pendyala
by Saanvi Rao and Taruni Pendyala
RBG’s Continued Fight for Gender Equality
by Isabella Chimento and Ayden Navarro
by Isabella Chimento and Ayden Navarro
Anna Louise James: The Unintentional Role Model
by Vic Munster, Leeha Reddy, Vaishnavi Yalamanchi, Alejandra Morales, Natalie Houlton
by Vic Munster, Leeha Reddy, Vaishnavi Yalamanchi, Alejandra Morales, Natalie Houlton
Mother Ella
by Nasir Mitchell, Grace Perez, Caden Weatherspoon, Sicily Rose
by Nasir Mitchell, Grace Perez, Caden Weatherspoon, Sicily Rose
Karl Benz
by Priscilla Rivera and Patrick Clements-Dolan
by Priscilla Rivera and Patrick Clements-Dolan
Celebrating Temple – a Woman with Unique Personality
by Anna Tavoletti, Caitlin Flaherty, Nihitha Nelakudity, and Kate Hawn
by Anna Tavoletti, Caitlin Flaherty, Nihitha Nelakudity, and Kate Hawn
Amelia Earhart’s Forgotten Past in Activism
by Sebastian Halpern and Isaac Kleppner
by Sebastian Halpern and Isaac Kleppner
Faithful Female Voices Break the Spirits
by Amelie Jose, Samantha Evans, Leah Joseph, and Katherine Vongsouvanh
by Amelie Jose, Samantha Evans, Leah Joseph, and Katherine Vongsouvanh
Rosie Cracks Barriers on the Homefront
by Katherine Kennon and Evelyn Chun
by Katherine Kennon and Evelyn Chun
The Deafening Sound of Barriers Being Broken: The American School for the Deaf
by Leah Glaspey and Nandini Shah
by Leah Glaspey and Nandini Shah
junior individual documentary
No One Told Her Ladies Shouldn’t Work: Elizabeth Colt Breaking Gender Barriers
by Annabel Probolus
by Annabel Probolus
A Bright IDEA: Policies that Broke Barriers in Education
by Kate Paradise
by Kate Paradise
Sex, Drugs, and Baker & Gore: The Story of the PMRC
by Sam Aurilio
by Sam Aurilio
Seekers of Equality: How The Haitian Revolution Broke Barriers
by Christian Pierre
by Christian Pierre
Changing Times and Changing Minds
by Shen Wan
by Shen Wan
In an Agent of Death, a Lifesaving Medicine: The Discovery of Chemotherapy
by Ghita Elamrani
by Ghita Elamrani
Maria Montessori: From Doctor to Education Innovator
by Saidan Thapa
by Saidan Thapa
Stonewall: Before The Parade There Was A Riot!
by Sebastian Bianchine
by Sebastian Bianchine
Alexander Fleming: Discovering Penicillin
by Ranya Tarabar
by Ranya Tarabar
Dial Painting Predicaments: The Radium Girls Breaking Barriers
by Sarah Gerg
by Sarah Gerg
Viewing Barbara Walters
by Jenna Saltzman
by Jenna Saltzman
Samuel Colt: The Journey to Breaking Barriers and Changing America
by Andrew Zhong
by Andrew Zhong
senior group documentary
“This kind of bird flies backward”: How Women of the San Francisco Beat Literary Circle Transgressed the Cultural Norm of Femininity
by Anushree Unni, Tanvi Dongaonkar, Katherine DeRose, Avery Genet, and Anjana Rajah
by Anushree Unni, Tanvi Dongaonkar, Katherine DeRose, Avery Genet, and Anjana Rajah
Medical Breakthrough of Anesthesia
by Isabella Testanero, Javeria Jalil, and Martha Atakora
by Isabella Testanero, Javeria Jalil, and Martha Atakora
Morse’s Telegraph and Its Impact on Communication
by Alexandra Scully and Hannah Katz
by Alexandra Scully and Hannah Katz
The Rosenhan Experiment
by Sara Holt, Lillian Yim, and Emily Tycz
by Sara Holt, Lillian Yim, and Emily Tycz
Breaking Barriers: The Women of Yale
by Sophie Jaeger and Veda Swaminathan
by Sophie Jaeger and Veda Swaminathan
A Tale of Two Countries: How Sputnik Sparked the Space Age
by Ria Saxena and Valli Pendyala
by Ria Saxena and Valli Pendyala
Carrie Welton
by Carolyn Bonomo and Kat Bonomo
by Carolyn Bonomo and Kat Bonomo
Breaking Racial Barriers Through Science
by Nathan Holland, Douglas Muratori, and Ryan Sokol
by Nathan Holland, Douglas Muratori, and Ryan Sokol
Breaking Barriers: The Danbury Railroad Station
by Valentina Ramos, Amy Cordova, Megan Bhatti, and Hibba Qureshi
by Valentina Ramos, Amy Cordova, Megan Bhatti, and Hibba Qureshi
senior individual documentary
Leaping Over Barriers For Boys In Ballet
by Sasha Barnett
by Sasha Barnett
Strange Fruit: Breaking Barriers as the First Unmuted Cry Against Racism School: Staples High School
by Scott Coleman
by Scott Coleman
Project Azorian: Diving into the unknown
by Ryan Stevenson
by Ryan Stevenson
Gideon v Wainwright: Breaking the Judicial Barrier of the United States
by Kevin Shreenauth
by Kevin Shreenauth
The Mother of Nature: Rachel Carson and the Groundbreaking Publication of ‘Silent Spring’
by Andrew Maglio
by Andrew Maglio
The Second Wave Feminists: Redefining Femininity
by Veena Kodakirthi
by Veena Kodakirthi
Harvey Milk: Breaking Barriers and Breaking out of the Closet
by Lucy O’Brien
by Lucy O’Brien
Berry Gordy: Breaking Barriers Putting The Soul In American Music
by Leo Podgwaite
by Leo Podgwaite
Shirley Chisholm’s Great Impact on Breaking Barriers in History
by Gabriella Xavier
by Gabriella Xavier
Mahatma Gandhi – The Peaceful Protester
by Anishka Perera
by Anishka Perera
Just Playing the Game: The Story of Women in Sports
by Kaitlyn Bell
by Kaitlyn Bell