Backlight
Season 25 Episode 13 - Does satire still have a future
7.4 ?
2002
Documentary
Democracy is under pressure and in the post-truth era, truth has given way to spectacle. How can we, now that reality seems more absurd than ever, best question power? Does this increasingly absurd reality call for a different way of resisting? We follow an action by The Yes Men, American art collective that uses identity theft to question politics. And a meeting with the German art collective Das Zentrum für Politische Schönheit that draws attention to the rise of AfD, and how.
Episodes in Season 25
1
The Silent Economic Crisis
23 min
2
China’s major charm offensive
23 min
3
Apartheid as a business model
19 min
4
When will the AI bubble burst?
21 min
5
From wrestling hero to autocrat
22 min
6
Fascism is back
15 min
7
The enshittification of the internet
21 min
8
The murder of capitalism
19 min
9
Away with the super rich
18 min
10
Get rid of the diploma arrogance
19 min
11
Consultant in power
18 min
12
Why reality does not exist
19 min
13
Does satire still have a future
24 min
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The dark site of the energy transition
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17
Drones that think
22 min
