8.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin Netherlands Genre Television documentary Production company VPRO | 8.2/10 IMDb First episode date 8 September 2002 Language Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original release 8 September 2002 (2002-09-08) Awards Prix Italia – Special Prize Expo 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life Nominations Prix Italia – Special Prize: Programmes that Affect Social Change Similar Zembla, 2Doc, Andere Tijden, Nieuwsuur, Buitenhof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backlight (Dutch: Tegenlicht) is a documentary television series by Dutch public broadcasting organisation VPRO. The first episode of Backlight was broadcast on 8 September 2002.
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The series "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 series 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.
Past editions
Past Backlight episodes are also available online: