Culture

  • Too hot for Hollywood

    Hollywood’s Censor: Joseph I. Breen & The Production Code Administration
    By Thomas Doherty
    Columbia University Press, 2007
    427 pages, $49.95 (hb)

  • Portraits of a nation

    Tibet: A precious Human Life
    By Damon Annison
    Distributed by Brumby Books, $35 (pb)

  • On the box

    Gagadju: Timeless Land — Describes how Bininj and Mungguy cultures and customary laws underpin all tourism decisions in Kakadu. ABC, Sunday, September 14, 1.30pm. The Russian Revolution in Colour: Freedom and Hope — Explores the first four

  • The people who ended 'Jim Crow'

    The Thunder of Angels: The Montgomery Bus Boycott & the People Who Broke the Back of Jim Crow
    By Donnie Williams with Wayne Greenshaw
    Lawrence Hill Books, 2007
    293 pages, $23.95 (pb)

  • Artists vs Hollywood fatcats

    Those who’ve gone to see an independent film lately might be familiar with an ad that warns against movie pirating. According to this ad, consumers (understandably sick of being gouged $14 to catch a movie) who download and burn movies are undermining the ability of the Australian film industry to grow and survive.

  • The making of "the news"

    Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion & Propaganda in the Global Media
    By Nick Davies
    Chatto & Windus, 2008
    408 pages, $54.95 (hb)

  • On the box

    Black Coffee: Gold in Your Cup — Coffee drinkers are questioning the origin of their coffee, the living conditions of those who produce it, and the misery of the slaves who were in the original coffee trade. SBS, Friday, September 5,

  • The Black Power era

    The role of music in the early civil rights movements is fairly widely known.