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, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday, Thursday and Friday at 8pm. Phone (03) 9525 3551 to contact the producers or make a donation.
Dancing in the Street: Eight Miles High — Rock in the psychedelic '60s. Woodstock, the Vietnam Moratorium campaign, Black Power, the women's liberation movement, and the rock soundtrack of those days: Hendrix, Jerry Garcia and Janis Joplin. ABC TV, Friday, September 27, 9.30pm.
Rainbow Trance — The Gnawa are descendants of slaves in Morocco. They also belong to one of the most secretive but musical esoteric sects in the world. Their music and lifestyles have attracted musicians as varied as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and jazz genius Pharoah Sanders. SBS, Sunday, September 29, midnight.
Movie: A Song for Beko (1992) — Nizametin Aric wrote, directed and starred in this first feature film made in the Kurdish language, about a man caught up in the vicious and bitter campaigns being waged against his people. SBS, Monday, September 30, 12.30pm.
What Magdalena Said — A documentary about rising intolerance in the Czech Republic towards the Rom minority. SBS, Monday, September 30, 5pm.
The Human Laboratory — disturbing investigation of claims that contraceptive testing in such developing countries as Bangladesh and Haiti is both dangerous and unethical, and leads to the premature release onto the world market of such products as Norplant, the five-year contraceptive that works slowly from an implant beneath the skin. SBS, Tuesday, October 1, 8.30pm.
ICAM — A new season of the Indigenous Cultural Affairs Magazine, which presents an indigenous perspective on contemporary Australia, focusing on achievements in education, sport and the arts. Presented by Rachael Maza and Nathan Ramsay. SBS, Wednesday, October 2, 7.30pm.
Try Freedom — A joint production of TV New Zealand and the South African Broadcasting Corporation, this program documents how New Zealand society was violently split in 1981, when the South African rugby team, the Springboks, toured New Zealand. Rugby supporters, believing that politics and sport should be kept separate, were keen for the All Blacks to play South Africa; while the other camp were vehemently opposed to the tour, believing that it actively promoted apartheid and racism. The resulting controversy precipitated daily headlines throughout the course of the tour. SBS, Thursday, October 3, 8.30pm.