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Future Programs
COMPASS: APOCALYPSE NOW?
Sunday 23 November at 22:20
ABCAre we facing the end of the world? American Pentecostal Pastor Ron Weinland believes he has been sent by God to announce the end of the world in 3 years time! In a provocative episode of Compass we meet this self-proclaimed prophet. He believes the end times are imminent, and he’s not alone. Climate change, acts of terrorism and natural disasters have fuelled the current epidemic of apocalyptic thinking. In this Compass program leading Australian commentators; sociologist Richard Eckersley, Biblical scholar Dr John Dickson, literary academic Greg Clarke and psychologist Susan Tanner, tackle the ultimate question.
COMPASS: SIX DAYS IN AUGUST
Sunday 30 November at 21:40
ABCAhead of World AIDS Day (1 December) this film examines the AIDS pandemic in South Africa through the stories of families in and around Durban, a city by the sea where 1 in 3 people are infected. Zola, 12, knows her father died because he liked girls. Zama thinks her mother died because witch doctors were jealous. Velele, at 35, is fighting to stay alive for her seven children. And Anne Leon, a self-professed white face to AIDS, is the sixth victim of the first man convicted for manslaughter in South Africa for intentionally infecting women. The government's solution is to urge its people to eat beetroot and garlic, and much of the population says it's not their problem.
COMPASS: BEYOND OUR KEN
Sunday 7 December at 21:40
ABCThis film goes inside Kenja, an Australian cult accused of, among other things, sexual and emotional abuse of its members. For 25 years Kenja has fought all the negativity the world could throw at it. Its charismatic 80-something leader Ken Dyers and his wife Jan Hamilton allowed the film crew unprecedented access to the 'spiritual evolvement centre' they founded in 1982. This apparently utopian organisation has been accused of practising a hypnotic form of mind control. Through candid interviews and verite footage, this film explores the anatomy and ambiguity of the 'cult' enigma.
