Don’t be sexist. Don’t be racist. Don’t be xenophobic. We all know the rules, but hey, what if some see it as funny? A key role of public broadcasters is to find ways to get that “public” to better understand each other. With our communities becoming more diverse, that can be a real challenge. This session looks at programme that use humour to explore difference, raising key issues about whether playing with stereotypes helps or hurts our understanding of each other.
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This programme is one of a series from the popular Canadian sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie. Controversy arises in Mercy when a new woman shows up in town wearing a…
Ban the burka
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Even is a gay man living in a stable relationship with his husband Thomas and their two adopted children. His life is turned upside down when a Norwegian-Pakistani…
Scandinavian beauty
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Put down your pens, rulers, mobile phones and lip gloss … and get ready for a life lesson you won’t forget! ABC TV presents Summer Heights High, the new…
Summer Heights High
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A documentary by, and about, Yunus Vally born in the 1960s into a Muslim family, during the height of Apartheid in South Africa. This amusing and idiosyncratic film…
The Glow of White Women
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