Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm.
The Quiz Show Scandal — For the first time in 30 years, TV producers and contestants speak about when mass deception took place on US television in the 1950s. These real events are what the recent Robert Redford film, Quiz Show, is based on. ABC TV, Sunday, May 21, 8.30pm.
Speak Quiet, Speak Strong — A documentary that explores the complexities of domestic violence in Aboriginal families and how communities are helping themselves to overcome it. SBS, Tuesday, May 23, 8.30pm.
Rough Guide to the Americas — A video version of the famous guide book. Like the books, the program examines different countries by going off the beaten track, exploring the novel and interesting without ignoring social, political and environmental questions that shape the people's lives. Hosts Magenta and Rajan visit Guatemala, where they join a student protest against police treatment of indigenous people. SBS, Sunday, May 21, 7.30pm.
Wild Sanctuaries — Yellowstone, the world's first national park, is a microcosm of the earth's history. Yellowstone's rangers, who have saved bisons, grizzlies and trumpeter swans — not to mention controlling Yogi Bear's cravings for picnic baskets — take us on their rounds. SBS, Tuesday, May 23, 8pm.
The Last of the Masai — As the Kenyan government sells off the Masai people's collectively owned land, bans traditional education and forces Masai children to attend European-style schools, the culture of the tribe is disintegrating. SBS, Wednesday, May 24, 12.30pm.
Trouble Behind — One night in October 1919, a posse of crackers in Corbin, Kentucky, rounded up the entire black population, lynched a few of the men, burned several more to death and sent all the rest out of town in boxcars. This documentary examines that terrible night and reveals the racist attitudes that still prevail in the town. SBS, Thursday, May 25, 12.30pm.
To Heal the Spirit — Filmed in a maximum security prison for women in Ontario, this program focuses on the disproportionately high number of native Canadian women inmates and their search for their traditional culture. SBS, Thursday, May 25, 1.30pm.
The Bureau: The Price of Progress — Looks at the FBI's use of high technology and how its state-of-the-art computers threaten civil liberties and privacy. ABC TV, Thursday, May 25, 9.30pm.