On the box

Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and Fridays, 2.30am. XX, women's program, Fridays, 8pm and midnight, and Saturdays, 5am. Waste Not, Want Not, environment and recycling, Saturdays, 8.30pm and 12.30am, and Sundays, 4.30am. For more information phone 649 9622. Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. Sportswoman — SBS has launched a weekly magazine-style program featuring highlights from sportswomen around the globe. Every Tuesday, 7pm. Algeria: Years of Hope, Years of Despair — A comprehensive history of Algeria from 1962 to 1995, screening over two nights. SBS, Wednesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 25, 8.30pm. Kam Yan: Melville Island — A chance to visit Melville Island's indigenous community and observe their lives, values and culture. ABC TV, Wednesday, January 24, 10.35pm. Movie: Whoops (1993) — Set in contemporary Hungary, Gyula Maar's comedy revolves around a couple in their 60s who are desperately trying to cope with post-communist reality. SBS, Wednesday, January 24, 11.05pm. Greenhouse — Shows greenhouse and ozone problems, how we squander valuable resources and changes we can all make. SBS, Friday, January 26, 4.40pm. Hidden Tradition — A doco that examines the secret and suppressed history of women priests in the early Christian church. ABC TV, Monday, January 29, 1.25am. Movie: The Rabbit Hunt (1994) — The true story of how a farming family protected two Soviet soldiers on the run from a Nazi death camp. There was outrage in Austria when this film was released. From Austria. SBS, Monday, January 29, 9.30pm. The Zapatistas — A French journalist enters the heart of Zapatista territory, high in the mountains of south-east Mexico, 1500 kilometres from the capital. In a moving encounter, he meets the elusive leader of the guerillas, Commandante Marcos, and reveals him to be an articulate, gentle and amusing character who explains the background to the indigenous peasant uprising which began in 1994 and which has generated support from throughout the country. SBS, Tuesday, January 30, 8.30pm. The Peasant Premier — This film details Nikita Khrushchev's rise to power, his rule in the Ukraine and his complex relationship with Stalin and Beria. ABC TV, Tuesday, January 30, 10.05pm. Kam Yan: Kalgoorlie — Visit central WA's Aboriginal communities. ABC TV, Wednesday, January 31, 10.40pm. Movie: The Wall — Yuilmaz Guney's last film reconstructs events which led to a revolt in the children's sections of Ankara prison in 1976. SBS, Thursday, February 1, 12.15am.