2020 – A Year We Will Never Forget

2020 is the year we’ll never forget.

Tell us how COVID-19 has affected your community and compare it with other national crisis, the Spanish flu, the Great Depression, AIDS. You can even interview a senior citizen who has lived through these hard times.

For more info please click on How to Submit Your Film.

Submitted by: Mary Hilbrink, Former Student Filmmaker
Grade: H.S. Senior 

Mount Pleasant in Mason District

Graveyards and Civil Rights stories fill a Columbia Elementary School student’s interviews with a long-time members of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in the Lincolnia area of Fairfax County.

Submitted by: Marresa-Grace A. Williams
Grade: 3rd
School: Columbia Elementary School
A tribute to Mary Barnes, a WWII veteran

A tribute to Mary Barnes, a WWII veteran


98 year old Mary Barnes, shares her memories of serving in the US Navy WAVES in World War II, with Cavon. Mrs. Barnes was stationed in Hawaii when the Japanese surrendered. What a celebration they had that day !

Dirty Dealing

Lexi’s informative interview about a crime that took place in her area.

Submitted by: Lexi

Annandale High School History

Their submission is a history lesson about historic Annandale High School. It was opened in 1954. The students interviewed Nikki McDonald, a local resident who grew up during a different time.

Submitted by: Bailey Oliver and Rahel Tecle