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. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News -- Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday at 8pm. Phone 9633 6976 to contact the producers or make a donation.
Good Intentions, Deadly Results -- It was supposedly a mission of “mercy” to feed the starving in Somalia. But within a year, US military forces were killing -- and being killed by -- the people they came to “save”. Exclusive interviews and footage reveal the reality behind Washington's 1993 intervention in Somalia. SBS, Friday, October 16, 12.30pm.
Ketchup in the Curry -- A report on the impact of globalisation on business, food habits and standards of living in India, where not everyone is prepared to accept the wave of hamburgers, Pepsi and computers now readily available. SBS, Friday, October 16, 1.30pm.
The Greek Civil War -- This documentary outlines the events of the Greek Civil War (1944-49). The program contains previously unseen archival footage of Greek Communist partisans. SBS, Friday, October 16, 8pm.
Ethiopia: A Turbulent History -- Ethiopia was the only African country to resist colonisation successfully, and has maintained its independence throughout the 20th century, but has often been the victim of internal conflict, culminating in civil war and the independence of Eritrea. SBS, Monday, October 19, 1.35am.
Wheel of Hormones -- Investigates the correlation between the use of pesticides which contain hormones, especially oestrogen, and the increase in male infertility and impotence, cancers and birth defects. SBS, Wednesday, October 21, 4pm.
New Caledonia: High Stakes in the Pacific (Part 1) -- The people of New Caledonia (Kanaky) will consider the issue of autonomy from France in a referendum on November 8. This provocative two-part documentary, rejected by all the French state television networks, provides the historical background to the independence struggle and agreement that led to the Matignon Accord. SBS, Tuesday, October 27, 8pm (part 2 at 11.20pm).
Movie: 1900 part 1 (1976) -- Bernardo Bertolucci's sweeping saga of political change in Italy between 1900 and 1945 is told through the eyes of two friends born on the same day -- the weak-willed Alfredo (Robert De Niro), son of the lord of the manor (Burt Lancaster), and the bastard peasant son (Gerard Depardieu), who becomes a communist leader. SBS, Tuesday, October 28, 9.30pm (part 2 on Wednesday, October 29, 9.30pm).
