EnhanceTV Media Studies Highlights RSS Feed http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvhighlights/?category=58 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:09 1000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171502 Be spellbound by the all-new Australian live show How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular. Marvel at how these enormous creatures are brought to life through theatrical magic and ground breaking engineering. Meet the cast as well as your favourite dragons from the film. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171512 On 7 February 2009, Australia suffered its worst natural disaster in recorded history. One hundred and seventy-three people died when a series of uncontrollable bush fires swept across the state of Victoria. The next day, the headlines pronounced the small rural hamlet of Strathewen, only 40 kilometres from Melbourne, 'The Valley of Death'. Director Celeste Geer interweaves her own family's story with the experiences of five other families and individuals from Strathewen in an intimate exploration of post disaster recovery. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171520 Explore the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. Dig deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearth the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171525 The Tall Man is the 2011 Walkley Award-winning documentary about the events on Palm Island that follow the death of local Indigenous man Cameron Doomadgee. On the morning of November 19, 2004, Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for public nuisance. An hour later he lay dead in a watchhouse cell. The documentary interviews the family, friends and residents of the community on the island as they struggle to understand what happened to Cameron and the tragic events that subsequently followed his death. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE) http://www.enhancetv.com.au/tvguide/displaytv.php?RecordId=171541 The final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike, are chronicled in this historical drama, the first feature film from artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen.