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.
Scandinavia's Porn Revolution — In 1969, Denmark and, soon after, Sweden became the first countries in the world to legalise the sale and distribution of hard-core pornography. Hans Nestius, one of the liberal reformers who let the genie out of the bottle, has changed his mind and believes pornography has had a corrupting effect on society. The censorship debate rages. SBS, Friday, November 3, 8.30pm.
The Fine Art of Separating People from their Money — In the first of a three-part journey through the world of advertising, Dennis Hopper guides us through our media-obsessed capitalist popular culture. SBS, Sunday, November 5, 12.35pm.
Movie: Life on Earth (1998) — Abderrahmane Sissako's stunning and poetic film in which the French-based Mauritian director goes back to a small village in Mali to see his father as the millennium approaches. The film highlights the contrast between opulent Western and deprived Third World countries. From France. SBS, Monday, November 6, 1.45pm.
Australia by Numbers: Croker Island 0822 — This is the story of Harold Furber, who was removed from his family in Alice Springs at the age of four with his three-year-old sister to live on a Methodist mission on Croker Island, over 1600 kilometres away. The program focuses on their life on the mission and Harold's subsequent release eight years later — told through the hundreds of slides and home movies taken on the island. SBS, Tuesday, November 7, 7.30pm.
Choice 2000: George W Bush — Traces the history of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush. SBS, Tuesday, November 7, 8.30pm.
Movie: Aprile (1998) — Nanni Moretti's idiosyncratic dissection of self, society and state in April, a month marked by two momentous occasions: the birth of his son and the election of Italy's first left-wing government. Diehard communist Moretti, morally committed to making a documentary about the upcoming elections, is obliged to abandon a long-planned project to make a 1950s musical about a Trotskyist pastry chef, a project he only manages to get off the ground at the end of the movie. SBS, Wednesday, November 8, 10pm.
Movie: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) — A powerful depiction of the fate of a young woman in China towards the end of the Cultural Revolution. In 1969, 16-year-old Xiu Xiu is "sent down" to the countryside. Director Joan Chen's debut feature. From the US. SBS, Wednesday, November 8, 11.55pm.