About this season
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 workings of our modern society.
Episodes (29)
1. Slapend Rijk
Aired 3 September 2017 • 50 min
What influence does the quickly growing ‘sharing economy’-based company AirBnB have on the social structure of a city? AirBnB's motto: Share your house, make new friends and get rich while sleeping. Those who can afford it buy an appartement, hire a cleaner, and permanently rents it out to tourists. No banks or shares offer a beter return. But what does a city end up being if many of it's inhabitants only stay for just a couple of days? This episode paints a portret of the city of Amsterdam in the age of AirBnB, including happy tourists, abusers, perfect hosts, victims and informers.
2. What makes you click
Aired 10 September 2017 • 50 min
Warehouses going bankrupt and the immense success of online retailing websites prove it: they way we consume is shifting from offline to online rapidly. But which nifty tool or other clever tactic make us fill up our digital shopping cart to the brim? Or makes us stay on the website as long a possible? Or even vote for a certain candidate
3. We are the people
Aired 17 September 2017 • 50 min
Indignant Germans are angry with Angela Merkels' policy on refugees. Who are these people? And what is this sudden uproar from a previously silent majority?
4. Philistines
Aired 24 September 2017 • 50 min
5. Rights for all
Aired 15 October 2017 • 50 min
6. The ethical enterprise
Aired 22 October 2017 • 50 min
Dilemma’s in the journey of an enterprising do-gooder who tries to make an ethical smartphone.
7. Episode 7
Aired 29 October 2017 • 50 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 5 November 2017 • 50 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 12 November 2017 • 50 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 19 November 2017 • 50 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 26 November 2017 • 50 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 3 December 2017 • 50 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 10 December 2017 • 50 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 17 December 2017 • 50 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 25 February 2018 • 50 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 4 March 2018 • 50 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 11 March 2018 • 50 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 18 March 2018 • 50 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 25 March 2018 • 50 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 1 April 2018 • 50 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 8 April 2018 • 50 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 15 April 2018 • 50 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 22 April 2018 • 50 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 29 April 2018 • 50 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 6 May 2018 • 50 min
26. Episode 26
Aired 13 May 2018 • 50 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 20 May 2018 • 50 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 27 May 2018 • 50 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 3 June 2018 • 50 min