U.S. Department
of Justice
Well Deserved National Recognition for Narragansett High School Students
United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha congratulates Narragansett High School’s sophomore AP Government class for creating not one, but two, award winning C-SPAN StudentCam2024 self-produced winning documentaries: one took a close look at redlining and a recent civil rights case on that topic brought by the United States Attorney’s Office; the second examined contributions to climate change by vehicles powered by fossil fuels and the future of electric powered vehicles.
In this, their 20th annual national student video documentary competition, C-SPAN encouraged students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. 3,200 students representing 42 states, Washington, D.C., the Mariana Islands, Canada, and India submitted a short video documentary to address this year’s theme: “Looking Forward while Considering the Past.” After multiple rounds of judging, C-SPAN selected only 150 prize-winning videos, of which only two produced by Rhode Island students - both from Narragansett High School – were selected: A Red Line’s Trace: Redlining in the United States and Driving Into a Cleaner Future .
“It was an honor to play a part in commending these students for their remarkable efforts,” said U.S. Attorney Cunha. “While I am proud to see the work of the U.S. Attorney’s Office highlighted, I am even more proud to see Rhode Island students display the kind of poise, thoughtfulness, and civic engagement that went into these films; I know that great things lie ahead for each of them.”
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Classmates Karuna Lohmann and Abigail Zelenak’s film, A Red Line’s Trace, highlighted the work of the Department of Justice combatting redlining nationally, as well as a recent landmark Rhode Island case where a local banking institution, the oldest in the nation, agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island.
Classmates Hannah Abrams, Payton Abrams, & Ava Bockoven from Narragansett High School in Rhode Island who won honorable mention in StudentCam 2024 for the documentary, "Driving Into a Cleaner Future." Their short video documentary examines the contributing factors to climate by fossil fuel powered vehicles, and the evolution to electric powered vehicles.
