Backlight
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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 workings of our modern society.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Tegenlicht

First Air Date

September 8, 2002

Last Air Date

November 3, 2024

Seasons

23

Episodes

592

Language

Dutch

Production Companies

VPRO

Networks

VPRO

De moeder van alle mythen
S23E06

De moeder van alle mythen

In Dutch society, mothers bear a disproportionate share of the financial, emotional and practical costs of raising the next generation. How did that come about, and is that actually what makes mothers, children and society happy? A plea for the village from the statement: It takes a village to raise a child. With: writer Aminatta Forna, anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, science journalist Lucy Jones and historian Noëmi Willemen.

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