Senior Editor Daniel Engber writes in the Atlantic about PBS’s long-running series POV, as it navigates public media threats from the Trump administration, in particular surrounding the House DOGE subcommittee hearing, and focuses on one filmmaker’s account of the repositioning of her film at POV. According to filmmaker Jane M. Wagner, her film about a trans video gamer’s relationship with her fans—Break the Game—was dropped from April 2025 programming due to its themes and risk of political backlash. With a look into the film’s content, considerations of self-censorship, and past programming decisions, Engber explores the current situation and shares news of the film’s reinstation in POV programming, for June 2025.
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