Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday and Friday at 8pm. Phone (03) 9525 3551 to contact the producers or make a donation.
CATv — Subverting the "one-way media" via CATv's regular Sydney program. CTS Sydney, every Thursday, 10.30pm, CTS UHF 31. Ph Karina at 9557 3223 or John at 9569 4963. Visit the web page at http://www.cat.org.au/catv.
Compass: Stolen Children — A special that looks at the role of churches and missions in separating Aboriginal kids from their families. Compass hears from "inmates" about the pain of separation and the ups and downs of life on the mission. ABC TV, Friday, March 28, 7.30pm.
The Plague: the Zero Factor — A four-part series charting the history of AIDS from the first reported case, through the period when it seemed confined to gay men in isolation from the heterosexual world, to today, when it has spread through every continent. ABC TV, Monday, March 31, midnight.
Algeria: The Lion Theft — Algeria is in the midst of a bitter civil war. This film, completed in 1995, was made in secret over three years. It captures the feelings and experiences of living in a war-torn country, divided into opposing political and religious camps. SBS, Tuesday, April 1, 8.30pm.
Guru Busters — Follow the activities of members of the Indian Rationalist Society in their grassroots campaign to discredit India's god men. They hold vast public meetings to expose the fraudulent tricks employed by local medicine men and gurus. ABC TV, Tuesday, April 1, 8.30pm.
Pram Factory — The story of Melbourne's Pram Factory community theatre, from its beginnings in the 1960s and 1970s. ABC TV, Tuesday, April 1, midnight.
Timeframe: A Matter of Taste — In 1952 Italian immigrants at the Bonegilla migrant camp near Albury, NSW, rioted in protest against their living conditions. Food was the major cause of their discontent. ABC TV, Thursday, April 3, 8.30pm.
The West — In the 1870s, Sitting Bull defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, but despite his victory, it marked the end of the Sioux as a free people. Further west, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, pursued by army after army, finally succumbed to starvation and the freezing cold. SBS, Sunday, April 6, 7.30pm.
The Ghost of Health — Millions of lives depend on the World Health Organisation, but this documentary claims that helping the sick is not always given top priority and contends that WHO is furthering its own political agenda and having little impact on those who need its help most. SBS, Monday, April 7, 12.30pm.
The Great Post Road — Tells the story of the writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer and of a road, the Great Post Road, and in so doing tells the history of Indonesia. SBS, Monday, April 7, 8.30pm and 11.25pm.
Movie: Going Home (1993) — A friendship is destroyed by politics and war in colonial Indonesia. SBS, Monday, April 7, 9.30pm.