Backlight
Tegenlicht in Dutch or Backlight in English is a series of television documentaries by the VPRO, a Dutch public broadcasting organisation. Backlight "aims to grasp the quintessence of prominent trends and developments" in the practice of critical journalism, and tries to improve understanding of the intricate inner…
Season 25 episodes
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Episode 1
The Silent Economic Crisis
Episode 2
China’s major charm offensive
Episode 3
Apartheid as a business model
Episode 4
When will the AI bubble burst?
Episode 5
From wrestling hero to autocrat
Episode 6
Fascism is back
Episode 7
The enshittification of the internet
Episode 8
The murder of capitalism
Episode 9
Away with the super rich
Episode 10
Get rid of the diploma arrogance
Episode 11
Consultant in power
Episode 12
Why reality does not exist
Episode 13
Does satire still have a future
Episode 14
The dark site of the energy transition
Episode 15
Are we alone in the universe?
Episode 16
The new perspective on our evolution
Episode 17
Drones that think