Posted on January 18, 2019
EAST LYME – Gianni Vora, a 6th grader from East Lyme, has entered C-SPAN’s nationwide StudentCam documentary competition that asks what it means to be an American. Vora’s video explores the history of America and discovers that it is not only “America the Beautiful,” but also “America the Resilient.” As a part of his documentary, he interviews State Representative Holly Cheeseman (R-37), asking how women’s voting rights and political leadership make America a better place. For her response, please see the video below.
StudentCam is C-SPAN’s annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and nation. In 2018, more than 200 student and teacher competition winners across the country were awarded a total of $100,000 in prize money. For more information, visit www.studentcam.org.
