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Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 28 Mar 2013

Documentary Highlights - April

Senior programmer Ben Nguyen is your guide to SBS docos throughout April - and with a new-look SBS 2 there's even more provocative programs to pick from.

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Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 21 Dec 2012

Ben Nguyen's Summer Documentary Guide

We’re well into the silly season by now and no doubt most of you are focused on getting away from work and spending some time with friends and family. However, we will all need time to unwind over the summer break and while for some that might be a book by the pool, for others there’s nothing better than settling in with a particularly good doco.

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Making Convenient Education: Interactive design

When Convenient Education was first commissioned by SBS, its young directors were somewhat unfamiliar with the term ‘interactive documentary.’ In order to re-invent their story for the web, they partnered with transmedia production company Chocolate Liberation Front (CLF) who developed the project’s interactive strategy.

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Making Convenient Education: Direction

The co-directors of SBS’s latest web documentary first stumbled upon the concept for Convenient Education while still at university, waiting tables at restaurants to cover rent.

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Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 12 Nov 2012

SBS's weekly programmer picks - 12/11

It’s been a while since I last posted my weekly picks. Have you missed me? No? Alright then, I’ll get on with the job.

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Two SBS docs receive Walkley nominations

Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and The Block: Stories from a Meeting Place have each gained a nomination for a Walkley, Australia's most prestigious award for excellence in journalism.

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Inside Goa Hippy Tribe: The New Generation

We heard stories from the original Goan hippies in SBS’s 2011 interactive documentary, Goa Hippy Tribe. Now meet the hippies of the new generation.

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Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 11 Sep 2012

SBS weekly programmer picks - 10/9

Pick of the Week: The Invisible War (Cutting Edge, Wednesday 9:30pm SBS ONE)

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Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 3 Sep 2012

SBS's weekly programmer picks - 3/9

Pick of the Week: Meet the Amish (Wednesdays 8:30pm SBS ONE)

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