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Backlight (2002)

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50m

Running Time

24
Seasons

595
Episodes

September 8, 2002
Release Date

8.3

Backlight (2002)

Name: Backlight
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-09-08
Rating: 1

/ 10

1 User Ratings

50m

Running Time

24
Seasons

595
Episodes

September 8, 2002
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Marije Meerman

Creator

Doke Romeijn

Creator

Nirit Peled

Director

Wouter Bos

Self - Fractievoorzitter PvdA

Christiaan Triebert

Bellingcat

Naomi Klein

Self

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 8, 2002

Original Name
Tegenlicht

Status
Returning Series

Seasons
24

Episodes
595

Running Time
50m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-04-10

Wiki.

Backlight (Dutch: Tegenlicht) is a documentary television program by Dutch public broadcasting organisation VPRO. The first episode of Backlight was broadcast on 8 September 2002.

The program "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.

The program won the Zilveren Nipkowschijf in 2005. The episode "Lockerbie Revisited" won the Prix Europa in the category TV Current Affairs in 2009. The episode "Money & Speed", made for iPad, won the Golden Eye at the Dutch Design Awards in 2011.

VPRO released four documentaries in 2009 and 2010 under a Creative Commons license using the content distribution feature of the Mininova BitTorrent tracker.