Leila and the Wolves — Heiny Srour's controversial film draws on Arab oral tradition to explore the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in the history of Lebanon and Palestine. SBS, Friday, March 31, noon.
Taxi Driver — Actively Radical TV looks at the working conditions of taxi drivers. CTS (UHF-31, Sydney), Friday, March 31, 10.30pm (repeated Saturday, April 1, 10.30pm).
Movie: Longtime Companion (1990) — The first feature film to deal directly with subject of AIDS. A story about a small group of friends and the changes in their lives in 1981 when the first cases of the disease began to be recognised. ABC TV, Friday, March 31, 10.30pm.
Dolphin Stories — Dolphins are at the end of a food chain in which toxic substances have accumulated. This program looks at the harmful, if not fatal, effects of such pollution on the dolphin population. SBS, Saturday, April 1, 2.30pm.
Movie: The Vision Thing (1994) — A British Tory PM, just three days before certain victory in a general election, has a vision in which God speaks to him. The PM's minders must prevent the press and public from learning of the vision. Described as a "witty, satirical comedy". ABC-TV, Saturday, April 1, 10pm.
Civil War — This episode of the documentary series about the English revolution looks at the explosion of progressive ideas in the midst of the revolution. Pamphlets argued for socialism, universal suffrage, women's rights and atheism. SBS, Sunday, April 2, 11.15pm.
The End of the Game — The future of the Zambian elephant population is uncertain. This program follows Zambian game wardens as they attempt to control poachers. SBS, Monday, April 3, 7.30pm.
Movie: Tilai (1990) — Acclaimed Burkinabe director Idrissa Ouedraogo's marvellous account of the complexity of human relationships in a tiny village in Burkina Faso's backblocks. SBS, Monday, April 3, 9.30pm.
The Lynchburg Story — Between 1927 and 1972, more than 8000 children in the US state of Virginia were sterilised because the state decided they were unfit to reproduce. In this haunting film, victims tell how they were taken from their families and forced to live in the Lynchburg Colony, where they were beaten, abused and put in solitary confinement. The documentary also charts the horrific history of the US eugenics program, under which 80,000 inmates in state institutions have been compulsorily sterilised. It reveals the close links between US authorities and the Nazi regime's sterilisation program, which began in 1933 and was modelled on US legislation. ABC TV, Wednesday, April 5, 9.30pm.