[Innocents Held Hostage]

[Innocents Held Hostage: Navigating Past and Future Conflicts with Iran] was the grand prize winner in C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam documentary contest. Nate Colman and Jonah Rothlein, sophomores at Weston High School in Weston, Connecticut, produced this video on the 2024 theme: "Looking Forward While Considering the Past," with these two prompts: a) "In the next 20 years, what is the most important change that you would like to see in America?" -- OR b) "Over the past 20 years, what has been the most important change in America?" Ben also won the "Fan Favorite" category. The local cable provider was Optimum. C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam video documentary contest is an annual national competition in which middle and high school students produce a documentary on a specific theme.