- CLAUDIO CAPOTONDI: SCULPTOR
Although Capotondi may not be an instantly recognisable name in the international art world, his work is nevertheless impressive and challenging. Using some of the hardest materials available, he achieves complex results, turning heavy blocks of marble and minerals into shapes that create the illusion of lightness and dynamic tension.
Saturday 31 January 2009 3.00pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins
- GUSTAVE COURBET: THE ORIGINS OF HIS WORLD
The life and times of the famous French Realist painter Gustave Courbet.
Saturday 31 January 2009 3.30pm
SBS Rating: (PG, WS)
Duration: 60 mins
- WOODLAWN CEMETERY: ART ETERNAL
Looks at the monumental art in New York State's Woodlawn Cemetery, where people like Celia Cruz, Herman Melville, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington are buried.
Sunday 1 February 2009 5.30pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins
- HOT DOCS: THE DARK YEARS - EP 3 OF 3
From record breaking cross-Atlantic flights, and the birth of the world- famous Dionne quintuplets, to the slow march to war, The Dark Years uses original animation, archival footage and eye-witness accounts to bring to life colourful stories from the 1930s.This three-part animated series, five years in the making, presents a lively and visually sumptuous look at Canada during the Great Depression, proving Canada's history to be anything but tepid.
Tuesday 3 February 2009 10.00pm
SBS Rating: (WS) *Final*
Duration: 55 mins
- HOT DOCS: ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES
As part of SBS's Animation Season, One of the Lucky Ones a hybrid film, combining live action drama sequences with visual effects, digital animation and motion graphics will screen in the Hot Docs slot. The film tells the story of the rape of writer/director Wendy Chandler and its aftermath. In the early hours of March 24th 2002, Wendy awoke to a stranger taking off his clothes. He held her down, raped her and fled. At the time of the rape, Wendy was an award-winning filmmaker. Within months, she was barely able to eat, unable to work, scarcely able to function as a person. Despite her ordeal Wendy came to realise she was one of the lucky ones.
Tuesday 3 February 2009 10.55pm
SBS Rating: (M, A, WS)
Duration: 30 mins
- ART MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD: SHELBURNE MUSEUM - QUILTS OF LOVE, EP 13 OF 13
A high-definition series which introduces the major art collections of famous museums around the world.
Wednesday 4 February 2009 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, HD, Rpt) *Final*
Duration: 25 mins
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