Screen: Three Black Filmmakers — Featuring John Akomfrah from the London-based Black Audio Film Collective, veteran USA director William Greaves, whose film from the '60s, Symbiopsychtaxoplasm has been revived as a classic, and Australian Tracey Moffat, whose first feature film, Ghost Stories, will be released in 1993. ABC Radio National, Thurs January 28, 10.05 a.m. and 8.05 p.m.
Indian Pacific: Indonesia — Who will succeed President Suharto? Suharto will be re-elected unopposed in March for a sixth five-year term in office, but there is intense speculation about who will be chosen as his vice-president. As the president ages in office, opposition to his rule becomes more overt and the harder it is to organise an orderly transition to a chosen successor. ABC Radio National, Sat January 30, 7.30 a.m. (repeated Mon February 1, 2.05 p.m.).
Cranial Pursuits: Consciousness — Philosophers, theologians and scientists struggle to understand how the feeling of being human can be contained within the brain. Scientists are nearly unanimous that consciousness and self-awareness exist in the brain and nowhere else. Most also contend that consciousness happens in several different places in the brain all at the same time. ABC Radio National, Sat January 30, 12.40 p.m. (repeated Mon February 1, 7.10 p.m.).
Something Unique, Something Majestic — The Karri forests of south-west WA contain some of the tallest and largest hardwoods in the world. They were almost unknown and unexploited until the 1870s, but the timber industry has changed greatly since the pre-chainsaw era. This program traces the early days of forestry, through the personal memories of fallers, mill workers and bush rail workers. ABC Radio National, Sun January 31, 1.30 p.m. (repeated Tues February 2, 2.05 p.m.).
Performance — Reporting on Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. ABC Radio National, Tues February 2, 10.05 a.m. and 8.05 p.m.