In the middle of a turbulent summer, the season opener for POV, the acclaimed documentary series on PBS, gives us something to celebrate and offers a badly needed moment of inspiration and hope.
The 33rd season of POV kicks off with “We Are The Radical Monarchs,” an excellent film by Linda Goldstein Knowlton about an innovative program to create and inspire a new generation of activists The stirring film starts by showing the “Radical Monarchs” in action.
A small group of Black and Brown girls with matching uniform pieces are silk-screening protest posters that read, “Education is Liberation.” As they work, they talk about what it means to be radical: “Radical means just being yourself, what makes you unique, what makes you pretty, what