On the box

Tong Tana: The Lost Paradise — A Swedish TV crew and Swiss environmentalist Bruno Manser travel to Borneo to film the devastation of the ancient forests. SBS, Friday, April 2, 2pm.

Message Stick: Customary Law — Many Indigenous communities around Australia are trying to balance traditional customs and contemporary laws. This documentary follows some of the elders from the Kimberley region of WA and their fight for their children. ABC, Friday, April 2, 6pm.

Moments In Time: Ian Abdulla — Aboriginal artist Ian Abdulla's paintings tell the story of his life and the life of Aboriginal people living on the Murray River in previous decades and show how the river used to be. ABC, Sunday, April 4, 5.55pm.

The Dream And The Dreaming — As the pastoral frontier engulfed the Arrernte homelands of Central Australia, the Hermannsburg Mission became a sanctuary that saved the Arrernte and their culture in an alliance that exists to the present day. ABC, Tuesday, April 6, 3pm.

Tales From A Suitcase — Professor Habib Hala and Doctor Wadior Safi of the University of Kabul both found sanctuary in Australia, after brutal persecution in Afghanistan. SBS, Tuesday, April 6, 3.30pm.

Cutting Edge: Saddam's Revenge — Reporter Antonia Rados travels to one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq, the so-called Sunni triangle, to discover the fate of the people who were the most privileged sector of Iraqi society under Saddam Hussein. SBS, Tuesday, April 6, 8.30pm.

Blair's War — For more than a year, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been fighting the biggest political battle of his career, over the British involvement in the war on Iraq. SBS, Thursday, April 8, 2pm.

From Green Left Weekly, March 31, 2004.

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From GLW issue 577