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 Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday at 8pm. Phone 9633 6976 to contact the producers or make a donation.
Marked With a Big A — Deals with the forgotten victims of the Third Reich — gay men. SBS, Saturday, February 17, 7.30pm.
Movie: Aelita (1926) — The first Soviet space epic involves an inventor, a soldier and a police informant who take the first journey to Mars. A review at the time damned the film with faint praise: "The much-talked about Aelita was received by worker audiences in the provinces with considerable doubt as to its usefulness". SBS, Saturday, February 17, 9.35pm.
Movie: Stonewall (1995) — The story of a pivotal moment in the history of the modern gay and lesbian rights movement, when patrons of New York's Stonewall Inn rebelled against police harassment in 1969. ABC-TV, Tuesday, February 20, 11pm.
Michael Moore: The Awful Truth — Moore turns up at Kenneth Starr's inquiry with a team dressed as Salem puritans to conduct their own witch hunt into Bill Clinton's prosecutors, and mocks a private health company into changing its heartless rules on the funding of surgery. SBS, Tuesday, February 20, 8pm.
Arafat: The Struggle for Palestine — Now aged 69 and suffering from Parkinson's Disease, Yasser Arafat has survived countless assassination attempts and 12 different Israeli leaders. This program promises a comprehensive profile of the Palestinian leader. SBS, Tuesday, February 20, 8.30pm.
Movie: A Queer Story (1996) — Shu Kei's film centres on a marriage counsellor, who braves family pressure and social discrimination to lead a gay life. From Hong Kong. SBS, Tuesday, February 20, 10pm.
Staking the Globe — Various highly influential organisations lobby in favour of coal, oil and the nuclear power industries, and work against supporters of sustainable energy. But just who are the people behind these outfits? SBS, Wednesday, February 21, 3.30pm.