As 2025 begins, the streets are humming with possibility - and POV is right there in the action. Jump into We the People: Democracy Lives Here, where Baltimore's youngest mayor takes on gun violence, Native Hawaiian mothers and daughters guard their sacred mountain from destruction, and activists from New York to Florida fight for transit equity and religious freedom. These aren't just stories of resistance - they're blueprints for change, showing what happens when communities decide to rewrite the rules.
Start your year with even more groundbreaking films. Stream unseen, where a blind, undocumented student shatters expectations while reimagining what cinema can be. Catch The Mole Agent before January 25 - trust us, you've never seen a spy story quite like this one. Plus, mark your calendars for the rebroadcast of game-changing films about disability and identity: I Didn't See You There (January 11), Eat Your Catfish and Is There Anybody Out There? (January 18) (check local listings).
And speaking of fresh starts, raise a glass to our POV Shorts team - A Swim Lesson and Until He's Back just landed on the Oscar® shortlist, proving once again that sometimes the biggest stories come in small packages.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Perspective Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
