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, 10pm, and Saturday, 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.
Christy — A profile of one of Ireland's most popular and socially conscious singer/songwriters, Christy Moore. Join him on a journey back to his childhood and teenage years in County Kildare. Moore recalls his early days as a singer with the landmark groups Planxty and Moving Hearts. SBS, Friday, November 29, 8.30pm.
Hold Up the Sun: Enter the Masses 1948-1958 — This episode in the epic five-part story of the struggle against apartheid charts the rise to leadership of the ANC youth and their mass action perspective. The growing influence of the South African Communist Party is touched on while the tumultuous events that led to the Congress of the People and the adoption of the Freedom Charter are examined. SBS, Sunday, December 1, 11.10pm.
Living Proof — In recognition of World AIDS Day, a re-screening of Kermit Cole's chronicle of people who are HIV-positive and refuse to play victim. Made in collaboration with Carolyn Jones, who developed a photographic study of people living with HIV/AIDS, focusing on the positive aspects of their lives, the program assembles interviews with those who have embraced the finite time they have left and run with it. SBS, Monday, December 2, 12.30pm.
Fast Trip, Long Drop — Six years ago, Greg Bordowitz tested HIV positive and has since developed AIDS. His unflinchingly honest film is part autobiographical home movie and part fanciful collage in which he explores his gay and Jewish identities and angrily spoofs the hushed, sanctimonious way people with AIDS are treated by mainstream television interviewers. SBS, Monday, December 2, 11.20pm.
The Lapirovs Go West — An updated version of an award-winning portrait of a Russian Jewish family's emigration to Los Angeles shows the impact Americanisation has had on them. Following their fortunes, aspirations, fears and dreams, the film looks at the family as US citizens, 10 years after their arrival. Will the promise of democracy in Russia tempt them to abandon the US? SBS, Thursday, December 5, 12.30pm.
Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom — Film maker Ronald Levaco, born in China, focuses on a close friend of his father who stayed behind in Beijing after 1949 — a Russian Jew who joined Mao's revolution and decided to become Chinese. Why did Israel Epstein join the communist revolution? Why did he remain in China after five years of solitary confinement in the 1970s? Today he is one of China's top foreign journalists. SBS, Thursday, December 5, 8.30pm.
Quebec: Reconquering the Past — Quebec nationalism is a major political force in Canada, but there are other less publicised minorities. ABC TV, Thursday, December 5, 11.05pm.