Backlight

VPRO‘s weekly 50-minute "Future Affairs"-program

The Day of the Dollar

20-nov-2005 0:00:00

Do we live on a bubble? Is it possible for the heavily indebted American economy to collapse and take all of us down in a free fall with it? Have the days of the dollar been counted? Is it really unimaginable that we will see the time of the Great Depression repeating itself?

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Saudi Solutions

6-nov-2005 0:00:00

How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing documentary about the lifestyles and attitudes of ambitious career women in conservative Saudi Arabia -- the only country in the Arab world where women are obliged to cover themselves inabayas and aren't allowed to drive cars.

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Jeffrey's policy

2-okt-2005 0:00:00

What was deemed impossible twenty years ago, seems to be possible today: To eradicate poverty all over the world. That, at least, is the conviction of the American economist Jeffrey Sachs.

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Noreena's Agenda The New Activism

25-sep-2005 0:00:00

This documentary follows Noreena Hertz, who as economist and activist, plays a central role in the fight against poverty. Includes an exclusive interview with U2-singer Bono.

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Mama please call me

28-nov-2004 0:00:00

This documentary portrays the daily lives of the Carino-family "living apart together" in London, The Hague and Manila. It concentrates on the way the family keeps contact through telephone, letters and e-mail.

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Cuba after Castro

11-apr-2004 0:00:00

Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba on December 31, 1959. Expropriation, nationalization of the industry and the departure of more than two and a half million Cubans followed.

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Real men don't rape

5-okt-2003 0:00:00

‘Real men don’t rape’. With these words South Africa’s president Mbeki echoed the slogan of a rally against rape, late 2002 in Johannesburg. Now a handful of ‘real men’ have turned activists, trying to prevent rape and to reform rapists.

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The Carlyle connection

11-mei-2003 0:00:00

A revealing documentary about the international world of private equite banking

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1-mei-2002 0:00:00

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About Backlight

Backlight, VPRO‘s weekly, 50-minute, Future Affairs- program, balances on the edge of storytelling and journalism. It focuses on our globalized world in which societies, economies and cultures seek a new equilibrium. Backlight aims to grasp the quintessence of prominent trends and developments.

The series shifts between two modes of communication: it provides in-depth analysis of new developments by leading intellectuals, visionaries and mavericks – the architects of change. At the same time, it applies daring cinematic techniques, capturing the effects these changes have on the daily lives of the real world‘s citizens.

Backlight is being appreciated by an inspired community that seeks a deeper understanding of worldwide developments and policymakers alike. Backlight targets a worldwide audience. The program has been bought by broadcasters from Canada to Korea and from Finland to Argentina.

26 x 50'' airing on Monday 20:55 in The Netherlands.

Series editors: Henneke Hagen, Frank Wiering

Quants. The alchemists of Wall Street

Quants are the math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashed Wall Street.

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Eindredactie Tegenlicht: Henneke Hagen en Frank Wiering

Eindredactie Internet: Jasper Koning

Stagiaires Website: Bart Heerema en Rianne Lachmeijer