mason doherty and eli scott, 11th graders at the international academy of north texas in mckinney, texas, where c-span is available through spectrum. their winning entry is titled "what it means to be american." >> the topic is accountability in government was what we believed was the really important topic in describing what it means to be an american because it's something that was pretty clearly written into our constitutional documents. >> the thing that i think surprised both of us the most was the sheer amount of knowledge and resources made available to us to go through in research and incorporate in our narrative. at least on my part, i was a little bit surprised at just how much effort and planning goes into producing a documentary. >> we were not trying to make the film that was going to win. we eventually just got a topic that we were passionate about and we went with that. >> i still think like even now i am having trouble processing what this means. i mean, it is amazing that this message will be spread throughout classrooms across the country. pres. trump: and we are going

mason doherty and eli scott, 11th graders at the

mason doherty

mason doherty and eli scott, 11th graders at the international academy of north texas in mckinney, texas, where c-span is av

now it's time to announce our grand prize winners -- mason doherty and eli scott, 11 graders

mason doherty and eli scott, 11th graders at the international academy of north texas in mckinney, texasre c-span is available through spectrum. their winning entry is titled what it means to be american. >> the topic is accountability in government was what we believed was the really important topic in describing what it means to be an american because it was something that