American High School

Filmed over the course of a year at a High School in South Carolina, ‘American High School’ is a landmark six-part series for BBC3 that follows a charismatic principal and his students, including star football players, Ivy League hopefuls, male cheerleaders and young mothers as they prepare for the next step in life. This is a High School as you’ve never seen it before, and a unique insight into how it really feels to be young and black in America today.

A 6 x 45 minutes Swan Films Production for BBC Three and BBC One. Series produced by Sarah Collinson.

"The show is a delicately filmed and edited thing, which keeps its distance and allows the emotion to speak for itself. Every participant is treated with careful, considered respect”

★★★★

— Julia Raeside, The Guardian

“A moving look at both the US public school system and what it means to be young and black in America.”

— The Observer

“In an exceptional year for BBC Three docs, this series was the standout.”

— Broadcast Magazine

“Filmmaking at its best.”

— Damian Kavanagh, Controller BBC Three

WINNER

Best Documentary, Broadcast Digital Awards

NOMINATED

Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Awards

NOMINATED

Best Documentary Series, Televisual Bulldog Awards