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Two programs featuring the women writers who attended the sixth International Feminist Book Fair in Melbourne 1994; reading from their own works and discussing contemporary issues. Program 1: Not Vanishing - speaks with women writers about the social, cultural and political issues which flow from the experience of growing up in colonised societies. Features Jane Tapsubei Creider, the first Nandi Kenyan novelist; Pat Torres, a Yawuru storyteller from Broome; Merlinda Bobis, a Bikol Philipino performance poet; Chrystos, a native American poet and 'troublemaker'; Powhiri Rika Heke, Maori poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. Program 2. Life On The Rim - explores the diversity of attitudes towards the biggest issues of the 20th century - population growth, human rights, cultural identity, the environment and sovereignty. Features Lisa Bellear, a Noonuccal Australian poet and activist; Farida Akhter, economist and 'grass-roots' organiser from Bangladesh; Isabella Sumang, anti-nuclear activist from Palau; Wang Anyi, novelist from China; Susan Hawthorn, writer and publisher from Australia.
Ched Flego's experiences in the Cambodian and Namibian elections could not have prepared him for the rollercoaster ride on the election of the century. As an Australian Electoral Commission officer, Ched was seconded to the UN to monitor the South African elections in 1994. In the small city of Benoni, Ched assisted in establishing the polls. As the story unfolds, he deals with an electorate desperate to vote in the face of an ill-equipped electoral system set against the bizarre echoes of the apartheid regime.
Melody, a warm intelligent woman, has been in a turbulent and sometimes violent relationship with Brian for some years. The news that her friend Christine has been killed by Kevin confirms Melody's fear that this would also be her fate.
Harold Blair is a forgotten hero. At a time when few Aboriginals broke through social barriers, he emerged from the repressive Queensland Reserve system in 1945 to become the last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era. HAROLD tells the story of this activist, celebrity and larrikin.
A documentary tracing the nightshift of Vicky and Gillian, two women amongst thousands working in the Victorian sex industry. They work within the legal system, in a Melbourne brothel, but experience none of the benefits of other wage earners and suffer discrimination in a society which victimises those who sell sex to 45,000 Victorians who buy it every week.
St Ambrose in Brunswick (Vic) has a rich history that mirrors the waves of change in the Australian Catholic Church and migration to Australia since the 1870s. In the 1990s, at the centre of even greater upheavals is the enigmatic priest, Father Bongiorno. The priest presides over a fascinating stream of factional battles, entrenched Church policies, diverse ethnic needs and the faith of the population of St Ambrose.