Unforgiven — The story of 81-year-old James Cameron, a survivor of a lynching in 1930, who now travels the world reminding people of the atrocities committed against African-Americans in the US. ABC TV, Sunday, March 10, 10.20pm.
Moving the Mountain — William Dere, a third generation Chinese Canadian, in the process of tracing his family's past, investigates the effect of the racist Exclusion Act and the Head Tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada from early this century. SBS, Monday, March 11, 11pm.
African Footsteps — This seven-part series charts personal journeys to various African countries and seeks out the continent's culture, landscape, people and humour. In the first episode, comedian David Baddiel goes wild in the even wilder desert scenery of Namibia, and former West Indian cricketer Viv Richards makes his first trip to South Africa since the end of apartheid. SBS, Tuesday, March 12, 8pm.
Nightmares of Nature — The first in a series that examines human beings' fear of certain animals. Are these fears rational? The series looks at how humans and "dangerous" animals interact around the world. ABC TV, Wednesday, March 13, 8pm.
Movie: Tjoet Nja Dhien (1989) — The story of the legendary woman who led the people of the Sultanate of Aceh against the Dutch colonialists in the late 19th century. From Indonesia. SBS, Wednesday, March 13, 9.30pm.
Drama Series: The Hanging Gale — The first episode in a historical drama set in the time of the great famine in Ireland. The O'Phelan family, tenant farmers, live in Donegal in 1846. They live in great poverty, and their land is held at the whim of the absentee landlord, Lord Hawkesborough. Younger members of the family choose to resist the tyranny of the English landlords, while others succumb to landlessness and emigration. ABC TV, Thursday, March 14, 8.30pm.