C-SPAN Honoring New Milford Documentary Competition Winners Wednesday

NEW MILFORD, NJ — Two Solomon Schechter Day School students will be honored Wednesday for a documentary they created for a national contest sponsored by C-SPAN.

Seventh-graders Ilan Barnea and Sam Modlinger created the documentary "Terrorism: Civil Liberties and Security In A Changing World," for StudentCam, the public affairs television station's annual documentary competition. They received a $250 honorable mention prize for their work.

In a five to seven minute-long film, Barnea and Modlinger had to answer the question: What is the most urgent issue for the president and Congress to address in 2017? They will be honored at an assembly and their documentary will be screened.

More than 5,600 students submitted more than 2,900 videos for the competition.

Bergen County Academies students Tatiana Yared and Ashley Lee and Maansi Srivasta and Sarah Ryu will also be honored Wednesday for their documentaries "Obesity, A Growing Epidemic" and "The Rising Cost of Medicine."

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