Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

SBS on Demand highlights for the month of March include Vigil, Alex, Fragrance of the First Flower, The Swap, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Unknowns, Ever After, Mayflies, Cobra, La Fossa, Outlander, Inside The Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes, Vanda, Thunder In My Heart, The Shelter, Watergate: High Crimes in the White House, Pørni, Everything You Love, Until Death Do Us Part, Natascha Kampusch – A Lifetime in Prison, Elon Musk Show and Exterior Night. scottish thriller Vigil (series one) Series Premiere Thursday, 2 March 2023 SBS On Demand & SBS (all six episodes available to stream) When a crew member is found dead on board the Trident nuclear submarine, HMS VIGIL, the Scottish Police are called on to investigate. The catch? The UK’s nuclear deterrent must remain unbroken. While the submarine stays on patrol, Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) must go on board to investigate. Although the death was written off as an accidental overdose, Amy suspects foul play. Soon, the crew close ranks in the face of Amy’s questioning, and a new threat overshadows her inquiry. Stars Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Lauren Lyle. Vigil S1 will also air weekly on SBS from Thursday, 9 March at 9.30pm. swedish crime drama Alex (season two) Australian Premiere SBS On Demand Box-Set Thursday, 2 March 2023 SBS On Demand (all six episodes available to stream) Despite his world crumbling around him, Alex is determined to leave his past as a ruthless and corrupt police officer behind. When gangsters, who are his former colleagues, continue to pursue him and threaten his family he is forced to reckon with the consequences of his past actions without the breaking law again. Stars Dragomir Mršić and Rakel Wärmländer. Alex S2 is an SBS On Demand exclusive. This series will be available in Swedish with English subtitles. S2 is currently available on SBS On Demand. taiwanese romance Fragrance of the First Flower (series one) Australian Premiere Thursday, 2 March 2023 SBS On Demand (all six episodes available to stream) After reuniting at a mutual wedding, Yi-Ming (Zaizai Lin) and Ting-Ting (Lyan Cheng) find themselves swept up in what could have been. Re-kindling a long-forgotten high-school relationship, the two must navigate their changing lives. Stuck within the confines of motherhood and being a wife, Yi-Ming is searching for more, and following Ting-Ting’s footsteps seems to work, until it’s revealed Ting-Ting isn’t who she had led on to be. As the first Taiwanese series to be selected in 2021’s Series Mania program, Fragrance of the First Flower is a milestone in Queer representation. Fragrance Of The First Flower is a sensual and tender exploration of female sexuality and desire, revealing the love and lust between two women, the conflicts between gay, family and traditional stereotypes. Fragrance Of The First Flower S1 is an SBS On Demand exclusive and will be available in Mandarin with English subtitles. australian documentary The Swap (series one) SBS Commission Australian Premiere Wednesday, 8 March 2023 SBS & SBS On Demand (new episodes coming weekly) In a trailblazing, television-first original series, The Swap follows what happens when 12 students and families from very different cultures, religions, and backgrounds are thrown into each other’s worlds. Exploring whether a ground-breaking social experiment encompassing a school swap can make a real difference in breaking down social barriers and building greater acceptance, respect and understanding between diverse cultural communities, The Swap also observes the possibility of the experiment backfiring as cultures collide, with the potential for controversies to flare. The architect behind The Swap is Ali Kadri, CEO of the Islamic College of Brisbane. Taking part are six Muslim families, four Catholic families and two atheist families. Over one school term, Kadri accompanies the students on an emotional rollercoaster as they experience the anxiety, excitement and wonder of spending time at each other’s schools and with each other’s families and communities. For everyone involved, The Swap marks the first time they’ve experienced being close to someone who sees the world in a completely different way. It’s a huge leap into the unknown, with shocking, hilarious, poignant, and moving results — culminating in an eye-opening and compelling exploration of how little we know about each other, and how very different — as well as similar — we really are. All three episodes of The Swap will be available to stream on SBS On Demand with subtitles in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. All three episodes will also be available with audio description. The Swap will begin airing weekly on SBS from Wednesday, 8 March at 8.30pm. Episodes will be available on SBS On Demand at the same time. british biography Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (series one) Australian Premiere Wednesday, 8 March 2023 SBS On Demand & SBS (all four episodes available to stream) Narrated by Golden Globe-winning actress Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Molly’s Game), it reveals a complex, fascinating woman who took on power brokers in Hollywood and courageously challenged the misogyny of 1950’s America, all while beating the odds to succeed in a man’s world. Only a few short years after her first audition at a Hollywood studio, she co-wrote an article exposing the bad behaviour of studio executives and warning other women about ‘wolves’ in the industry. By posing nude, she kickstarted a change in attitude towards female sexuality. While her untimely death was tragic, her story is not. And Marilyn’s story isn’t just the story of one woman – it is the story of every woman. Reframed: Marilyn Monroe S1 will also air at a later date on SBS. british documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Australian Premiere Wednesday, 8 March 2023 SBS On Demand (all fourteen episodes available to stream) Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, director and writer Mark Cousins gives us a guided tour of the art and craft in movies through the compelling lens of some of