Guide to TV movies: April 27 – May 3 | Cinema News

• Audio description (AD) available for Destructive, superfly, Race, Is this sexual harassment? and Lady O’Loughlin
  
• Closed Captions (CC) available for Destructive, superfly, Race, Bermuda Triangle Expedition and The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
  

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27

The one and only Dick Gregory
9:25 p.m., NITV (rebroadcast Thursday, April 28, 12 p.m.)

M
United States, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: English
Director: Andre Gaines
With: Dick Gregory, Chris Rock, Harry Belafonte, Kevin Hart, Lena Waithe, Dave Chappelle
What is it about?
This revealing portrait of comedian, activist, pop culture icon and thought leader Dick Gregory documents his many personal reinventions over the decades, from stardom to civil rights hero and beyond, while listening to the incredible artists who were inspired by his plan.

Destructive
9:30 p.m. SBS VICELAND

MA15+, AD, CC
United States, 2018
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
Tongue: English
Director: Karyn Kusama
With : Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Toby Kebbell
What is it about?
Erin Bell (Kidman) is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was taken undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader (Kebbell) of this gang reappears several years later, she must navigate her way through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally come to terms with the demons that destroyed her past. Directed by Karyn Kusama (A fight between girls, The invite).

THURSDAY APRIL 28

Race
9:25 p.m., NITV (rebroadcast Friday, April 29, 11:35 a.m. / Saturday, April 30, 10:15 p.m.)

LW, AD, CC
Canada, Germany, 2016
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Tongue: English
Director: Stephen Hopkins
With : Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt
What is it about?
Based on the story of Jesse Owens (James), the black athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history propels him onto the world stage at the 1936 Olympics, where he faces the vision of ‘Adolf Hitler of Aryan Supremacy.

FRIDAY APRIL 29

Mosley
7:35 p.m., NITV (rebroadcast Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.)

PG
China, New Zealand, 2019
Genre: Entertainment, Family, Adventure
Tongue: English
Director: Kirby Atkins
Voice cast: Lucy Lawless, John Rhys-Davies, Temuera Morrison, Rhys Darby, Kirby Atkins
What is it about?
Mosley and his family of four-legged Thoriphants live a working life on an isolated farm owned by Simon, a brooding and mean-spirited farmer. One evening, after plowing all day, Mosley’ discovers a cave with large ancient drawings on the walls – they are Thoriphants similar to Mosley and Rue except that they stand upright! Was this what the Thoriphant race was? What happened to make them bent, handsless creatures?

The nozzle
12:55 a.m. SBS VICELAND

MA15+
United Kingdom, 2019
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: English
Director: Barbie MacLaurin
What is it about?
Thousands of women across Britain live in fear of their partners. Brutal assaults occur every day and two women are murdered every week by their partners. The nozzle is a journey through the lives of two victims of domestic violence. It tells the story of two women, Hazel and Kelly, who were assaulted in the same week in Norfolk.

SATURDAY APRIL 30

I want my MTV
6:00 p.m. SBS VICELAND

PG
United States, 2019
Genre: Documentary, Music
Tongue: English
Director: Tyler Measom, Patrick Waldrop
With: Pauly Shore, Sting, Benji Madden, Michael Nesmith, Norman Lear, Billy Idol
What is it about?
The film is about the formation of a music chain that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the lives of an entire generation of Americans changed forever – on this day MTV began its broadcast day, making VJs a new teenage hero and creating a canon of music videos as a living artistic statement. .

apocalypto
11:30 p.m. SBS

MA15+
United States, 2006
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Tongue: Maya
Director: Mel Gibson
With : Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead
What is it about?
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, rulers insist the key to prosperity is building more temples and offering human sacrifice. Jaguar Paw (Youngblood), a young man captured to be sacrificed, flees to avoid his fate. Mel Gibson’s fourth film as a director (after The faceless man, Brave heart and The passion of Christ). Nominated for three Oscars.

Is this sexual harassment?
1h40, SBS VICELAND

FURIOUS
United Kingdom, 2019
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: English
Director: John O’Kane
What is it about?
2018 saw the downfall of a string of famous men over allegations of sexual harassment. The issue has never received so much attention in the media, but the debate over what is and is not appropriate in the workplace continues. A hand on someone’s back, complimenting their scent – is it a friendly co-worker or is it crossing a line? What constitutes sexual harassment?

3:17 p.m. for Paris
2:00 a.m. SBS

M
United States, 2018
Genre: Thriller, History, Drama
Tongue: English
Director: Clint Eastwood
With : Ray Corasani, Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Judy Greer, Jenna Fischer
What is it about?
The true story of three men whose brave act turned them into heroes on a high-speed train ride. In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a foiled terrorist attack on Paris-bound Thalys train No. 9364 – a foiled attempt by three brave young Americans traveling through Europe .

SUNDAY MAY 1

The significance of Hitler
7:30 p.m. SBS VICELAND

M
United States, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: German, English, Polish
Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
What is it about?
Using the eponymous 1978 bestseller as a framework, The Meaning Of Hitler is a provocative interrogation of our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism in the context of today’s rise of white supremacy, the normalization of anti-Semitism and of the militarization of history itself.

Bermuda Triangle Expedition
9:30 p.m. SBS

M, CC
United States, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: English
Director: Joseph C. Sousa
Host:Laurence Fishburne
What is it about?
A team of investigators like no other are assembled to tackle one of the most enduring mysteries in modern history: the Bermuda Triangle. This enigmatic 500,000 square mile ocean has been blamed for the disappearance of more than a hundred ships and planes in recent history. None, however, is more famous than the loss of Flight 19 in 1945, when five US Navy bombers disappeared without a trace.

Emanuel: The Charleston Church Shooting
9:35 p.m., NTV

MA15+
United States, 2019
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Tongue: English
Director: Brian Ivie
What is it about?
On June 17, 2015, 21-year-old white supremacist Dylann Roof walked into a Bible study and murdered nine African Americans during their closing prayer. This is the story of the victims and survivors of that night.

MONDAY MAY 2

Lady O’Loughlin
10:20, SBS VICELAND

MA15+, AD
Australia, 2020
Genre: Documentary
Tongue: English
Director: Sam Peterson
What is it about?
Follow legendary Australian comedian Fiona O’Loughlin as she returns to the world of stand-up. After battling alcohol addiction publicly for many years, Fiona found herself in long-term rehab at the end of 2015 and wrote a letter to her best friend Sammy. By the time she returned to Melbourne, they had agreed to do a documentary together after she returned to the stage.

TUESDAY MAY 3

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
10:30 p.m. SBS VICELAND

M, CC
United States, 2019
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Tongue: English
What is it about?
On October 2, 2018, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He never came out. Within days, it was revealed that he had been murdered and dismembered by a 15-person Saudi commando.