Zygielbojm’s Death — Follows the search for information about Szmul Zygielbojm, charismatic leader of the Jewish Socialist Bund Party in Poland who was active in the Jewish underground after the Germans invaded in 1939. SBS, Friday, September 16, 2pm.

Message Stick: Us Mob — Follows the adventures of a group of Indigenous kids who live in a community on the fringe of Alice Springs. ABC, Friday, September 16, 6pm.

Sex ‘N’ Pop: Women, Sex and Pop Music — Focuses on the sexual emancipation of women in music, initiated by people like Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Patti Smith and continued by women like Madonna, Annie Lennox and Cyndi Lauper. SBS, Friday, September 16, 10.10pm.

Shorts on Screen: Going to the Dogs — Afghan hounds are welcome in Australia, but are Afghan people? This is a highly stylised and half-animated parody documentary that uses dogs as metaphors to examine multiculturalism and immigration policies in Australia. SBS, Saturday, September 17, 11.55pm.

Cutting Edge: Peace One Day — Documents one man’s journey to investigate if world peace for just one day (a global ceasefire) is achievable. SBS, Tuesday, September 20, 8.30pm.

Life Pulse — Looks at the Croc Festival on Thursday Island, an Indigenous Rock Eisteddfod. ABC, Thursday, September 22, 2.45am.

Secrets of the Camps — Uncovers the horrifying background to the creation of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s feared youth militia. SBS, Thursday, September 22, 2pm.

From Green Left Weekly, September 14, 2005.
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