There Was a Whole Lotta Hundreds...

In America's high schools, students are playing a game whose only rule is to break the rules.

2005 ShortDocs Challenge: Games

2005 / Michael Kavanagh / TCF, USA

In America's high schools, students are playing a game whose only rule is to break the rules.

Here's a collection of stories about crib notes, secret codes, and elaborate heists, as told by the players and the referees: students and teachers from across the country.

There Was a Whole Lotta Hundreds... was commissioned for the 2005 ShortDocs: Stories About Games.


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Michael Kavanagh

Michael Kavanagh is an independent reporter and producer based in New Haven, Connecticut.


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