Latest Generation Film Contest

Announcing the 2027 Latest Generation Theme: "Stories of Repair"
This year's theme was inspired by Lincoln's call to bind up the nation's wounds and strive toward a just and lasting peace.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all… let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds… to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address

Throughout American history, leaders, organizations, and communities have undertaken this work in different ways. They have expanded opportunity, strengthened institutions, confronted injustice, and created pathways to a brighter future.

In its third year, the Latest Generation Film Contest invite anyone ages 14-22 to make your voice heard in a 5-8 minute documentary film. Your film should capture a true story from the past exploring how an American, or group of Americans, have responded to hardship, division, or injustice