Name: The smothered revolution of the yellow vests | VPRO Documentary @vprodocumentary
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Description: The smothered revolution of the yellow vests | VPRO Documentary

The smothered revolution of the yellow vests | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2026-09-18 | The smothered revolution of the yellow vests | VPRO Documentary

Interview with Hoyte van Hoytema | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2024-04-06 | A long conversation with cinematographer and Oscar winner Hoyte van Hoytema, who was asked to pick twelve clips from films, documentaries and tv-series and talk about them. The interview is conducted by Theo Maassen in The Netherlands.
Hoyte van Hoytema is one of the most sought-after cinematographers in contemporary film. He was responsible for the cinematography of Spike Jonze's 'Her', Jordan Peele's horror film 'Nope' and Sam Mendes' James Bond film 'Specter'.

Due to copyright limitations we don’t show the clips he discusses, but instead we describe them below.

00:00 Introduction

07:27 Miami Vice
The iconic 1980s NBC series 'Miami Vice,' produced by Michael Mann, follows police officers James 'Sonny' Burnett and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs as they chase criminals, primarily in the drug trade, in Miami. The scene captures the dark and stylish essence of the series, known for its New Wave-inspired visuals and iconic soundtrack.

14:59 The Mirror
A 1975 film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, known for its unconventional narrative structure and autobiographical elements. The chosen scene is the final shot of the film, depicting Aleksei, the protagonist, his mother in a reflective and associative manner, characteristic of Tarkovsky's poetic filmmaking style.

30:08 Directed by Tarkovsky
This documentary offers insights into the creative process of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, focusing on his dedication to his craft and his uncompromising artistic vision. The selected scene shows Tarkovsky and cinematographer Sven Nykvist on the set of 'Sacrifice,' facing technical difficulties while filming a crucial scene involving a burning house.

42:17 Living the Light – Robby Müller
A documentary about Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller, known for his innovative camerawork in films like 'Paris, Texas' and 'Down by Law.' The chosen scene emphasizes Müller's intimate relationship with his camera and his dedication to capturing life through the lens.

50:27 Heaven's Gate
A western film (1980) directed by Michael Cimino, notorious for its troubled production and commercial failure. The selected scene is the climactic shootout, showcasing the film's epic scale and tragic themes within the context of the Johnson County War.

1:02:26 Athena
A 2022 French film directed by Romain Gavras, exploring the aftermath of a young boy's death at the hands of the police. The chosen scene depicts the chaotic aftermath of the boy's death, as his brothers incite a rebellion against the police. The 11 minute scene was, impressively, shot in a single take.

1:09:37 A Swedish Love Story
In 'A Swedish Love Story,' Annika is devastated when her love interest, Pär, is attacked by a group of boys, leaving her feeling abandoned. Despite her attempts to reconnect with him at a party, he ignores her. Later, at a football field, Pär leaves with friends, but unexpectedly returns for Annika, and they share a passionate embrace, reaffirming their love amidst adversity.

1:18:02 De achtste dag
In this segment from 'Het is glad in Brabant,' filmed as part of the program 'De achtste dag,' two boys from Brabant explain that they witnessed cars sliding and crashing due to icy conditions. Despite their efforts to alert cyclists and the police, accidents continue to occur.

1:30:06 Music Now
Wendy Carlos, renowned for the album 'Switched-On Bach,' demonstrates electronic sound basics with the Moog Synthesizer on BBC's 'Music Now.' Dressed as a man but privately Wendy, she explores adapting Bach to electronics, showcasing waveforms like sine, sawtooth, and white noise.

1:39:27 For All Mankind
In this segment, likely from Apollo 16, John Young and Charles Duke explore the moon's surface. They navigate challenges with humor, marveling at the lunar landscape's beauty and reflecting on their mission's significance. Amid scientific tasks, they share moments of song and dance, embracing the adventure's joy.

1:48:17 Heartworn Highways
Filmmaker James Szalapski visits Townes Van Zandt in Austin, Texas, capturing intimate moments as Van Zandt plays 'That Old Time Feeling.' His wife Cindy joins in while Uncle Seymour Washington, moved to tears, listens to 'Waiting 'Round to Die.' Szalapski's interview with Washington explores life as a farrier and his whiskey-influenced philosophy.

1:55:51 L'apocalypse des animeaux
A serene moment from 'L’apocalypse des animaux' features a monkey gracefully moving along a branch, set to Vangelis Papathanassiou's music. The fragment poignantly emphasizes the vulnerability of our planet and the importance of preserving its diverse life forms.

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The Last Frenchman | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2024-03-19 | In this episode of 'Frontline' Bram Vermeulen examines the reversed roles in the relationship between Europe and Africa.

The former colonies no longer put up with European interference and are now violently demanding an equal relationship. Bram is in Niger - where recently in a wave of anti-Western coups in Africa - a coup has taken place.

On his trip to Niger, in the heart of the Sahara Desert, Bram Vermeulen sees how the billions of euro's Europe has poured into African countries in recent years to combat terrorism and migration have gone up in smoke. After the coup in Niger, the coup plotters cancelled any cooperation with Europe and people smugglers are allowed to go about their business again.

Former colonizer France, in particular, is to suffer. The French ambassador has been sent back to Paris, along with the 1500 French soldiers in Niger. Almost all French citizens also left. Bram speaks to the last remaining Frenchman who is still willing to show what he has to leave behind after 42 years.

Bram is also invited to one of the coup leaders, but this governor of the capital Niamey soon has enough of his questions. Meanwhile, in Agadez, the base of operations for people smugglers, people are celebrating. The scrapping of the law banning the transportation of migrants gives them a free hand again.

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Planet Coolers | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2024-03-07 | VPRO Backlight dives into the world of climate engineering: scientists and start-ups trying to use technological means to cool the earth. How hopeful or risky are these techniques?

The planet is heading for a feverish warming. With each additional degree, the climate is changing dramatically: sea levels are rising, the ice at the North Pole is disappearing and entire species of animals are being wiped out. Of course we need to emit less CO2. But despite 25 years of climate agreements and fine promises, emissions are still increasing. If we don't act harder, we are lost.

Could climate engineering be the emergency solution we need? Can these techniques and ideas cool the planet? And how risky are they?

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You cant kill the story | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2024-02-07 | It is becoming increasingly dangerous to be a journalist. In 2023, 96 journalists worldwide died while doing their job. In Gaza alone, 78 reporters and collaborators were killed. But journalists are not only at risk in war situations; they increasingly face physical violence, digital attacks, state terror and threats from the underworld elsewhere. How can journalists arm themselves against these threats, and continue to practice their profession?

Originally aired on 5 February 2023

Directed by: Shuchen Tan

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Fortune Seekers in Gambia | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2024-01-27 | In Gambia, Bram Vermeulen follows two types of fortune seekers. On the one hand, Gambians trying to escape poverty and unemployment in their country by undertaking a dangerous journey to Europe.
On the other hand, the West African country is known for its love tourism, which mainly floats on economic inequality between older white tourists and Gambians hoping for monetary support or a visa. Love and happiness as a financial transaction.

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The French Water War | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-11-25 | Almost half of France's total water consumption goes to agriculture, and in some regions and periods even more than eighty percent goes to irrigation. Large-scale water reserves are created to water the fields in hot summers.

But as France faces increasingly frequent water shortages, opposition to these reservoirs is growing. There, it is not angry farmers who occupy the roads with tractors, but rather citizens who take to the field against farmers.

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The Fall of Khartoum | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-11-11 | Despite clear signals, the Dutch embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum was not prepared for the war that broke out there in mid-April 2023. This left dozens of Sudanese in life-threatening situations.

Journalist Bram Vermeulen travels to Cairo, London and Bristol to speak with family members of people who were forced to stay behind in the violence of war. He also interviews Ambassador Irma van Dueren about the embassy's chaotic evacuation. 'My colleagues just did a good job,' Van Dueren says.

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Rebranding Migration | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-10-21 | What can Europe look like if we see migration not only as a problem but also as a solution? 'VPRO Baclight' takes a month-long look at a new narrative on migration. The migrant as luck-seeker instead of happiness-seeker. And what can we learn from super-diverse cities where minorities are the majority?

Originally broadcast on May 18, 2023

Thanks to:
Diomscoop
Top Manta
El Peso de la manta
OTOXO
The New Gospel/ Langfilm
Rutger van Leeuwen
Studio Studio

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Soldiers of God | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-09-30 | Stringent anti-gay legislation is sweeping across Africa like a peat fire. Not only dictatorships like Uganda want to crack down on the LGBTQIA+ community, but now democracies like Ghana as well. In this episode of 'Frontline', Bram Vermeulen tries to find out what the driving forces are behind this culture war.

Bram goes out with parliamentarian Samuel 'Dzata' George who is hard at work lobbying for high prison sentences. George turns out to be in close contact with an evangelical and conservative group in Utah, the United States, which organizes congresses and mobilizes parliamentarians in many African countries.

The LGBTQIA+ community in Ghana faces a diabolical dilemma. Go into hiding, leave the country or fight back? The number of violent incidents against gays, queers and transgender people appears to have increased significantly since the bill was passed. This is prompting more and more people in the LGBTQIA+ community to be cautious. Only a handful of people continue to fight and rebel against the law at the risk of their lives.

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Soldiers of the Forest | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-09-16 | On the border with Belarus, the Polish government is having a fence built of 186 kilometers. Refugees who manage to cross the border there risk violent and illegal pushbacks. In this episode of 'Frontline', journalist Dore van Duivenbode is in Poland. She meets people helping refugees in need.

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Bubbles and Crashes | Planet Finance (6/6)

vpro documentary 2023-09-02 | The so-called shortsellers live off the mistakes of others. They win when others lose. A shortseller benefits from the fact that many investors are guided by the delusion of the day. The events at three famous companies popular among investors, the Flemish Lernout & Hauspie, the German Wirecard and the American Gamestop, show the forces the shortseller encounters when going against the emotions of the masses.

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Sasha Ourikh Marijntje Denters, Maarten Mosselman, Piet Ruig, Pieter Wibaut, Betsy van Drie
Cinematography: Anna Howard acs, Brad Harris, Velinda Warwell acs, Stef Tijdink, Christiaan Paulusse
Sound: Philip Myers, Alex Booy, Mark Witte, Fokke van Saane
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director Australia: Kathryn Millis acs
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot the director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: ZDF/ARTE Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Lucas Hempton, Thomas Spence, Jürgen Crombez, Julian Winkler, Paul Breyne, Esther Kokkelmans, Peter van Dam, Anton Schultz, Moritz Enninger, Jarah Keenan, SAS Waratah Tasmania, Tod Marshall, Scott Mc Laughlin, Adam Bloom, Leigh Walters, Rowing Australia, Jarrah Keenan, Roderik Boyd, Joshua Mitts, Fahmi Quadir, Carson Block, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Koos van de Merbel, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Maasja Ooms, Rik Meier, Marleen Stikker, Floris-Jan van Luyn

Archive: VRT-beeldarchief, @dylanlockemp3 (YouTube), Woestijnvis, ZDF Wirecard, Pond5, AFP, Reddit / Dotton Creative, CNN, @ILikesTheMusic (YouTube)
Presale: VRT

Planet Finance is produced by VPRO in co-production with ZDF and in collaboration with ARTE
This series was created with the support of NPO-fonds & CoBo
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Catastrophe for Sale | Planet Finance (5/6)

vpro documentary 2023-08-26 | On Planet Finance, there is a market for almost anything. Even for a future disaster that has not yet occurred and may never happen. As the risks of climate change pile up, it appears that money can be made in the Catbond Market on the risk of future wildfires, floods and hurricanes.
There is speculation on what the probability is that a catastrophe will occur. And especially on how much damage it might cause. How does this market work? And who are the winners and who are the losers?

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Marijntje Denters, Femke Herregraven, Wiesje Kuijpers
Cinematography: Pim Hawinkels, Joost van Herwijnen nsc
Sound: Benny Jansen, Tim van Peppen
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director: Japan Aya Asakura
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Betsy van Drie, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig, Piet Ruig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: zdf/arte Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Alexander Orthgiess, Tom Sundberg, Joanna Syroka, Derek Fester, Kaethe Hostetter, Stephen Resetar, Travis Trowbride, Tony Hoffman, Yaling Liu, Son Le, Ichihan Tai, Dave Fan, Ludwig Pierre Schulze, Patrick McCoy, Phyllis Rachmuth, Pascal Karsenti, Glenn Pomeroy, Ross Stein, Barney Schauble, Frans Lanting, Julius Kob, Cristina Berio, Karen Clark, Chuck Stein, Lynda Marin, Maggie Bird, Steve Evans, Robert Muir-Wood, Judy Klugman, Michael Millette, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Vian Paashuis, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Maasja Ooms, Rik Meier, Marleen Stikker

Archive: Witfilm – Na ons de zondvloed, SMvideoChan (YouTube)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York
NASA, AP Archive, John & Nancy Lingemann, Derek Fester
Presale: VRT

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This series was created with the support of NPO-fonds & CoBo
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The Biggest IPO Ever | Planet Finance (4/6)

vpro documentary 2023-08-19 | Although the financial industry in China is still in its infancy, 7% of Chinese people are already trading the markets, and millions more are being added every month. Western investors are also lining up to benefit from China's economic growth. For years, Wall Street gave China wide latitude to raise money on the international capital market, such as with Jack Ma's Alibaba IPO.
In 2020, when Ma also wanted to take his new company Ant Group public he no longer did so on Wall Street but wanted to do so simultaneously in Shanghai and Hong Kong. That plan strained the relationship between China and Planet Finance. By whose rules will the game ultimately be played?

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Piet Ruig, Marijntje Denters, Maarten Mosselman, Floris-Jan van Luyn, Pingyang Peng
Cinematography: Yuling Chow, Shuxuan Mei, Joost van Herwijnen nsc, Cecile Zhang, Chuhang Ma
Sound: Kai Wang, Jiansheng Han, Tim van Peppen, Wenbin Tang, Richie Fowler, Dominic Yip
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director Hong Kong: Amy Ip
Field director Shanghai: Mijie Li
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: zdf/arte Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Wei Wang, Jennifer Chen, Haesu Lee, Tiansi Wang, Viki Chi, Joshua Crabb, Harfun Ven, Kelvin Leung, Weijian Wang. Guohua Wu, Yizhe Liu, Christina Bao, Henry Sung, Matthew & Marina Hoyle, Gregg Griffin, Dun Lee, Maiko Yahagi, Lorant Szakacs, Sarah Hall, Andrew Sheng, Bart & Laurens Kasteleijn, Haim Bodek, Charles Liu, Andy Xie, Daryl Loo, Kerry Chan, Dermott Clancy, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Marleen Stikker

Archive: NYSE Group Inc., CNBC, AN,P BUND, ScreenOcean, Pond5
Presale: VRT

Planet Finance is produced by VPRO in co-production with ZDF and in collaboration with ARTE
This series was created with the support of NPO-fonds & CoBo
© VPRO & ZDF 2023

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Fortune Seekers | Planet Finance (3/6)

vpro documentary 2023-08-12 | Planet Finance is a mostly unknown, adventurous and also attractive world for the retail trader. In Japan, you won't get interest on your savings for decades. Entering the foreign exchange market is then a low-threshold step. 'Mrs Watanabe' is a collective name for the one and a half million Japanese individuals in this market and a household name in the shiny towers of Planet Finance. But on the foreign exchange market, the value of one currency always rises or falls against another. Where one wins, by definition someone else loses. It's a Zero Sum Game. Who wins when you lose?

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Marijntje Denters, Aya Asakura, Maarten Mosselman, Marlise van der Jagt
Cinematography: Matthew Allard acs. Anna Howard acs. Pim Hawinkels, David Woo
Sound: Edan Mason, Philip Myers, Benny Jansen, Skirmantas Ivanauskas
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director: Japan Aya Asakura
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig, Piet Ruig
Camera Assistant Kezia Holland, Kyle Stephens, Taro Irei
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: zdf/arte Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Hiromi Kanagawa, Takaya Torii, Grant Wilson, Ryan K. King, Phil Dobbie, Frank van Zegveld, Kim Attrill, Junichiro Hashimoto, Taro Irei, Amir Kamrani, Noriko Hama, Pablo Nakaichi, Daniel Leussink, Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Tomoyo Okamoto, Urumi Nozawa, Hiromi Yoshimura, Shoko Hamamoto, Michuko Kikuchi, Mariko Suzuki, Daan Wierda, David Kleijwegt, Reinier Zoutendijk, Diederik Plas, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Brigit Dopheide, Petra Vermeulen, Marleen Stikker

Archive: Japan Coast Guard, Official JPX Group Channel, Kino
Nippon Television Network Cooperation, AP Archive, Miyako City Office, Getty Images, CNN, ErathUncut TV

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Free Oil | Planet Finance (2/6)

vpro documentary 2023-08-05 | Planet Finance sets the world price for many commodities: for grain, for gold and also for oil. There is always demand for oil and the price is constantly changing. It is hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, we could not get rid of oil. The world's oil supply was floating at sea. The tankers, and their crews, had no choice but to wait for a better price. And then came a day when a barrel of oil was free! How can a market be so derailed?

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Marijntje Denters, Maarten Mosselman, Betsy van Drie, Piet Ruig
Cinematography: Pim Hawinkels, Joost van Herwijnen nsc, Maasja Ooms
Sound: sound Benny Jansen, Tim van Peppen, Rick Meier, Daan Arens, Sander den Broeder, Claas Meier
Editor: Sonja ten Boom nce
Field director: Japan Aya Asakura
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: ZDF/ARTE Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Dennis Woodward, Herman Both, Meneer Shah, Lyle & Ed Testerman, Arthur RIchier, Kevin Perkin, Michel Marks, Martt sims, Keith Grissom, Katja Kleffmann, Alex Younevitch, Richard Matthews, Joost & Thijs Timmerman, Joachim Hessler, Hynek Appelt, Tom Runyan, Ayca Rodop, Scott Bauer, Martijn Smith, Fabio Kuhn, Dan Berkovitz, Ruben Heylen, Arjan Nugteren, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Brigit

Archive: VPRO Tegenlicht, Oklahoma Historical Society, CNN
Witfilm – Na ons de zondvloed, NYPD, Screenocean, AP Archive

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Nature of the Beast | Planet Finance (1/6)

vpro documentary 2023-08-01 | For most, Planet Finance is a complex, influential world that only becomes visible when crashes occur in the financial markets. Stock market prices quickly shot back up on Planet Finance during the COVID pandemic, while the inhabitants of planet Earth were still sweeping the shards together.
The contrast could hardly be greater. But how does such a market emerge? Through interviews including the founder of the market in oil futures, one of its first traders and a neuropsychologist who mentally guides traders and hedge fund managers in making risky decisions, it becomes clear how Planet Finance grew into what it is today.

In this six-part documentary series, Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance. Who live and work there? What language do they speak? What is the use of this planet, and what makes this financial world so attractive to so many people?

Written & directed by Marije Meerman

Research: Marijntje Denters, Maarten Mosselman, Betsy van Drie, Aya Asakura
Cinematography: Joost van Herwijnen nsc, Matthew Allard acs, Pim Hawinkels
Sound: Rick Meier, Remco Bikkers, Tim van Peppen, Edan Mason, Benny Jansen, Sander den Broeder
Editor: Michiel Hazebroek
Field director: Japan Aya Asakura
Archival research: Barbara Kist, Paula Witkamp
Visual & data design: Femke Herregraven
Motion design: Mark Visser, Jeroen Schellekens
Music: BJ Nilsen
Sound design: Tim van Peppen
Voice-over: Alice O’Connell
Colourist: Rachel Stone
Finishing: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Datahandlng: Watse Eisma
Online editor colour grading: Yannick Elferink
Producer colour grading: Marja Paeper, Remco Smit
Interns: Athena Potamianos, Julia Baud, Margeaux Abeyta, Malou Sandig
Production assistant Pieter Wibaut
Line producer: Olivier Schuringa
Line producer: ZDF/ARTE Katharina Krohmann
Executive producer: Zoë de Wilde, Julia van Schieveen
Coach tot he director: Maaik Krijgsman
Commissioning editor: zdf/arte Türkān Schirmer, Frederic Ulferts
Head editorial department: ZDF/ARTE Martin Pieper
Commissioning editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Thanks to Julie van Oldenburgh, Ira de Witte, Anneke Schroeter, Sjors den Boer, Timo Nijkamp, Randy Griekspoor, Shaun Fernando, Bilal Hafeez, Yoshikazu Ajioka, Yoshika Tagashira, Yumi Honda, Rob Kamsteeg, Marnix Simon, Marco Achmad, Kristin Ruge, John Rub, Simona Rub, Lucas Marks, Pascal van Alten, Scott Bauer, Leah McGrath Goodman, Alexandre Laumonier, Albert Menkveld, Greg Laughlin, Larry Tabb, Alexander Osipovich, David Kleijwegt, Daan Wierda, Mariska Schneider, Sharon Yosef, Vian Paashuis, Brigit Dopheide, Julia Veldman,Petra Vermeulen, William Valkenburg, Thomas Bollen, Maasja Ooms, Rik Meier, Marleen Stikker, Pauline Dresscher, Joris Luyendijk, Amba Zeggen, Stella Meerman, Ida Schmertz, Cleo Campert, Britt Bennink

Archive: Witfilm - Na ons de zondvloed, NYPD, Screenocean, AP Archive, CNN, Tros, Archive.org, Aruba Global Cloud Data Center, Shutterstock
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The Divided Promised Land | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-07-25 | Since Israel has a far-right government, radical settlers have been stirring. They feel supported by controversial reforms that strain the democratic rule of law. For example, there are plans to have Supreme Court judges appointed by ministers and old evictions of illegal settlements are being undone.

VPRO Frontline talks to different populations to understand what they are fighting for. It is a portrait of a divided Israel. Is this the end of democracy?
Israeli filmmaker Nirit Peled takes us back to her homeland to explore what is tearing Israel apart.

As settlers rush to build new (and still illegal under international law) settlements, more and more people take to the streets in the cities to protest the reforms. Israel is shaking on its foundations, left and right are diametrically opposed.

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The cost of A.I. | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-07-15 | What lies behind the shiny promise of Artificial Intelligence? In this video we show the reality behind the smokescreen Silicon Valley presents us. We speak with people engaged in dissecting the global AI industry, and use the capabilities of the latest AI products to depict the places and give a face to the people Big Tech would rather not be seen.

'Generative AI' is the latest buzzword in Silicon Valley. The Big Tech giants are tumbling over each other to launch chatbots and to incorporate AI assistants, based on large-scale language models, into their products. The credo is: we are building the most powerful technology since the invention of electricity, and it is about to change everything. And this is all happening in "The Cloud".

Have we once again become blinded by the brilliance of Silicon Valley and the promise of Artificial Intelligence? Because behind the recent success of AI is the use of even more resources, even more data, even more computing power and even bigger server farms. Those who zoom out see that AI is a hungry beast that must be fed with the very fastest chips, huge data sets and poorly paid labor. In the form of silicon mines, endless rows of power-guzzling servers or Syrians labeling data for the next generation of generative AI.

AI turns out not to be a divine machine, but an industry that takes blood, sweat and metals. A system of extraction and exploitation on an industrial scale with dire consequences for the earth and humans.

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A ticking time bomb (Along the new Silk Road) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-07-08 | Central Asia has endless plains, valleys and steppes, as well as some of the highest mountains in the world. Pakistan, for example, has over 7,000 glaciers; there is no country where there are more. They are ticking time bombs. With ever-increasing temperatures, the glaciers are melting faster than ever.

Ruben Terlou is in the north where floods regularly wipe out entire villages. In the province of Sindh, the food chamber of Pakistan, he sees how devastating the effects of floods are for the millions of people who live there.

Jelle Brandt Corstius is in Kyrgyzstan, where precisely the lack of water is the source of yet another ticking time bomb: the escalating conflict with neighboring Tajikistan. In Soviet times, Moscow determined how much water the Tajiks received from canals in Kyrgyzstan. But now the Kyrgyz determine that for themselves, and the Tajiks think they get too little. With shelling back and forth as a result. Jelle is a village where as many as forty people were killed last year. Violence could flare up again at any moment.

About this series
Central Asia was once the hub of world trade. Now we hear little about it, even though it is teeming with intriguing stories. In this series, Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius go in search of them.
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. These are countries that once formed the Old Silk Road, the world's trade center. Most Westerners today have other associations with Central Asia: lots of oil and gas, long-sitting tyrants, and violent steppe regions inhabited by uncultured types.

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Along the new Silk Road | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-06-24 | Central Asia was once the hub of world trade. Now we hear little about it, even though it is teeming with intriguing stories.
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. These are countries that once formed the Old Silk Road, the world's trade center. Most Westerners today have other associations with Central Asia: lots of oil and gas, long-sitting tyrants, and violent steppe regions inhabited by uncultured types.

In this video journalists Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius begin their journey in Samarkand, a city in Uzbekistan. Samarkand was once an important hub along the ancient Silk Road; now it is hosting perhaps the biggest political summit of the year. It is the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which brings together many Asian countries.

The leaders who attend represent more than half the world's population. Western leaders are nowhere to be seen, but Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are there. The luxurious setting of the summit contrasts sharply with the daily reality in many Central Asian countries. From Samarkand, Jelle and Ruben travel further into the region.

Ruben travels along Pakistan's spectacular Karakoram Highway, built by the Chinese in the 1970s and symbolic of the deep friendship between the two countries. He has a special encounter with the man who devotes his entire life to caring for the graves of deceased Chinese road workers.

But Ruben also travels to Tajikistan, a country that exemplifies Central Asia. Sandwiched between two superpowers, Russia and China. The old Soviet feeling is still cherished. But China is meanwhile rattling the gate with a bag of money.

Jelle visits a uranium mine in Uzbekistan, which closed when the Soviet Union fell apart. The former director of the mine grew up in Soviet times. Along with many of his contemporaries, he still mourns the demise of the Soviet Union.

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The Aftershock in Turkey | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-06-10 | Bram Vermeulen travels to southern Turkey to investigate the aftershock of the earthquake in early February. What are the long-term effects of the quake on residents, cities and Turkish politics now that the dust has settled?

The Turkish government is clearing debris at a furious pace to put the disaster behind it as soon as possible. Elections are just around the corner. Construction companies are experiencing golden times.
For residents, it's all moving too fast. 'Frontline' follows Turkish-Dutch writer Meltem Halaceli who has traveled to the area from Hengelo, The Netherlands. Her family has become homeless and she hopes to help them find housing.

House prices have doubled, real estate agents are earning from the huge influx of house seekers, but no one believes their sales pitches anymore.
The earthquake has triggered a veritable movement of people. Turkish earthquake victims, as well as the four million refugees from the Syrian civil war who were sheltered in Turkey, are all seeking new homes.

The earthquake caused a rift in Turkey's 12 years of hospitality to their neighbors. At the same time, there are grave concerns about what is now happening to the ancient city of Antakya. The city was home not only to Meltem's parents and grandparents but also to Jews, Christians, Alevis and Arabs.

The devastated south of Turkey after the earthquake is a landscape of lies, where distrust reigns.

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Freedom Fighters | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-05-27 | The Ukraine war has entered its second year. VPRO Backlight gauges the mood in border country Estonia because, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky, they will be next. What is the war doing to the Baltic States?

Of course, this war is about more than Ukrainian territory: it is an attack on the democratic freedom we Western Europeans take for granted. Thus the Ukrainians and the Baltic States are fighting not only on Ukrainian territory, but on the front lines of the struggle between autocracy and democracy. Their fighting spirit offers food for thought. What if the war soon comes knocking at our borders as well? Are we also prepared to fight for our values and ideals?

Originally broadcasted on 23 March 2023
Directed by: Shuchen Tan

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Voice of Nature | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-05-20 | The state of biodiversity in our polluted ecosystems is dismal. In the Netherlands, almost half of all species are under pressure. This must and can be changed. Are we really listening to nature, and are we giving it enough of a voice?

It's time to help our ecosystems and biodiversity. If not, the only animals on earth will soon be living in pig and chicken houses. So: how do we stop the decline? How do we bring back wildlife? And how do we ensure that animals can live a good life?

Director: Stephane Kaas
Co-direction USA: Ilja Willems
Editing: Arnout Arens, William de Bruijn
Camera: Remco Bikkers, Diderik Evers, Pim Hawinkels
Sound: Gideon Bijlsma, Sander den Broeder, Benny Jansen, Lily van Leeuwen
Editor: Tim van der Maden
Image research: Paula Witkamp
Voice: Sarah Sylbing
Production: Marie Schutgens
Final editing: Geert Rozinga, Jasper Koning
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On the edge of the Revolution | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-05-06 | Iranian-Dutch Filmmaker Beri Shalmashi travels to northern Iraq near the border with Iran for Frontline. For six months, Iranians have been taking to the streets to demonstrate against the regime. The protests are being crushed with brute force, thousands of people have been arrested and the first executions have been carried out.
In the mountainous border region between Iraq and Iran, she hears firsthand stories of Iranian refugees who are no longer safe in their homeland. She also sees how the Kurdish opposition is trying to fight the oppression of the government in Iran.

The reason for the popular uprising in Iran is the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Jina Masha Amini. Amini was abused by the morality police in Iran because her headscarf did not fit properly; this abuse was fatal to her. At her funeral, the first major demonstration arose and the cry for change has only increased since then. Shalmashi wanted to get as close to the resistance as possible, this took her to Iraqi Kurdistan where Iran's opposition has been gathering and thinking about a democratic Iran for decades.

What is brewing on the fringes of the revolution? Shalmashi speaks to people who are involved daily with the uprising in Iran but can no longer be there. She meets refugee Iranians who were present at the protests and is confronted with the grief of family members who have lost people. Even on the fringes of the revolution, life is not without danger. The area is regularly bombarded by Iranian missiles and drones and deaths occur. Still, new recruits who have left everything behind and are being trained as Peshmerga arrive daily. Human Rights organizations are also trying from Iraqi Kurdistan to map everything as best they can and provide assistance.

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Golden Mountains (The Dispatchables 5/5) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-04-29 | As spring arrives Stanley makes up the balance. Several couriers have quit, but luckily there are new arrivals, and one of them is Edwige. Slowly but surely Stanley starts to accept the fact that Laura, the woman of his dreams, is having a relationship with somebody else. Rolf and Nanne both take an advance on the future in their own way.

About The Dispatchables:
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is an extraordinary bike courier company. The amiable but disorganized Stanley manages this company and the motley crew of employees. Every courier has their own reasons for peddling around the city. And their own secret dreams.
No matter the weather and often the employees swarm around the city of Amsterdam, a city that is scarred by the increasing gap between the haves and have nots.

At their base camp the couriers sometimes give each other a hard time with harsh jokes and petty quarrels. Luckily, the local residents frequently drop in and interfere with matters, like upstairs neighbour Laura, whom Stanley is infatuated with. They are just like a family: it’s impossible to live with each other and they certainly cannot live without each other. And in the meantime they have a business to keep alive.

Every episode focuses on Stanley and one other courier. The series deals with topics like loneliness, inclusion, and social inequality.

Episode 5 of 5.

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Separate Worlds (The Dispatchables 4/5) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-04-22 | Stanley is grumpy. For a little while it seemed that things were going well with the business and his life, but he has to deal with several new setbacks. Maciej, the Polish courier who is often at odds with Stanley, is unhappy about his life. He finds it frustrating that he makes so little money serving rich people.

About The Dispatchables:
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is an extraordinary bike courier company. The amiable but disorganized Stanley manages this company and the motley crew of employees. Every courier has their own reasons for peddling around the city. And their own secret dreams.
No matter the weather and often the employees swarm around the city of Amsterdam, a city that is scarred by the increasing gap between the haves and have nots.

At their base camp the couriers sometimes give each other a hard time with harsh jokes and petty quarrels. Luckily, the local residents frequently drop in and interfere with matters, like upstairs neighbour Laura, whom Stanley is infatuated with. They are just like a family: it’s impossible to live with each other and they certainly cannot live without each other. And in the meantime they have a business to keep alive.

Every episode focuses on Stanley and one other courier. The series deals with topics like loneliness, inclusion, and social inequality.

Episode 4 of 5.

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Dreamers (The Dispatchables 3/5) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-04-15 | While Stanley starts an intensive rehabilitation trajectory so he can learn to walk properly, he discovers that his infatuation with Laura is not working out as well as he had in mind. Bike messenger Rolf tries to make his way through life but does not know what he wants to do with his future. When he visits his parents in ‘het Gooi’, one of the richest area's in the Netherlands, he does not have to count on any support for his decision to keep working as a bike courier.

About The Dispatchables:
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is an extraordinary bike courier company. The amiable but disorganized Stanley manages this company and the motley crew of employees. Every courier has their own reasons for peddling around the city. And their own secret dreams.
No matter the weather and often the employees swarm around the city of Amsterdam, a city that is scarred by the increasing gap between the haves and have nots.

At their base camp the couriers sometimes give each other a hard time with harsh jokes and petty quarrels. Luckily, the local residents frequently drop in and interfere with matters, like upstairs neighbour Laura, whom Stanley is infatuated with. They are just like a family: it’s impossible to live with each other and they certainly cannot live without each other. And in the meantime they have a business to keep alive.

Every episode focuses on Stanley and one other courier. The series deals with topics like loneliness, inclusion, and social inequality.

Episode 3 of 5.

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Reading Tea Leaves (The Dispatchables 2/5) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-04-08 | An interesting applicant responds to the vacancy, but Stanley also has to deal with a new problem: Nanne, his oldest courier, is having more and more problems with heavy deliveries. This comes at a bad time, because around Christmas a tremendous amount of boxes with wine need to be delivered. Stanley makes a big investment, one that involves new concerns. When Nanne comes home and drops onto his couch after a long day at work, he ponders the decisions he made in his life.

About The Dispatchables:
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is an extraordinary bike courier company. The amiable but disorganized Stanley manages this company and the motley crew of employees. Every courier has their own reasons for peddling around the city. And their own secret dreams.
No matter the weather and often the employees swarm around the city of Amsterdam, a city that is scarred by the increasing gap between the haves and have nots.

At their base camp the couriers sometimes give each other a hard time with harsh jokes and petty quarrels. Luckily, the local residents frequently drop in and interfere with matters, like upstairs neighbour Laura, whom Stanley is infatuated with. They are just like a family: it’s impossible to live with each other and they certainly cannot live without each other. And in the meantime they have a business to keep alive.

Every episode focuses on Stanley and one other courier. The series deals with topics like loneliness, inclusion, and social inequality.

Episode 2 of 5.

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A Small Universe (The Dispatchables 1/5) | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-03-25 | Somewhere in Amsterdam there is an extraordinary bike courier company. The amiable but disorganized Stanley manages this company and the motley crew of employees. Every courier has their own reasons for peddling around the city. And their own secret dreams.
No matter the weather and often the employees swarm around the city of Amsterdam, a city that is scarred by the increasing gap between the haves and have nots.

At their base camp the couriers sometimes give each other a hard time with harsh jokes and petty quarrels. Luckily, the local residents frequently drop in and interfere with matters, like upstairs neighbour Laura, whom Stanley is infatuated with. They are just like a family: it’s impossible to live with each other and they certainly cannot live without each other. And in the meantime they have a business to keep alive.

Every episode focuses on Stanley and one other courier. The series deals with topics like loneliness, inclusion, and social inequality.

Episode 1: A Small Universe
The busy month of December is just around the corner, but things are going far from smoothly. Stanley is worried about the solidarity and work attitude of the bike couriers and calls for a meeting that reveals many of the reasons causing tension. Luckily Stanley has Laura in his life, the upstairs neighbour and his muse, in his life to make things bearable. To ease the work pressure among the couriers Stanley places a vacancy.

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Making way for an airport in the Philippines | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-03-11 | Bram Vermeulen travels to the Manila Bay in the Philippines, where the Dutch dredging company Boskalis is responsible for land reclamation for the construction of a new international airport.

The company recently made headlines by threatening to leave the Netherlands if a new law is passed making companies liable for the possible negative consequences of their activities abroad.

The €1.5 billion contract is the largest in Boskalis' history and was concluded during the time of populist President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte campaigned on two promises: build as much infrastructure as possible and the ruthless 'War on Drugs'. Before Duterte came to power, he warned that Manila Bay would fill with the corpses of drug dealers. In six years, thousands were executed without trial, including environmentalists.

Bram Vermeulen examines the consequences for the hundreds of Filipino families who must make way for the airport, and the activists fighting the project. What moved the Dutch company to take on the project and the Dutch government to support it, despite previous promises to protect Manila Bay?

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Will Bosnia become the next European battleground after Ukraine? | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-02-25 | Bram Vermeulen travels to Bosnia, where war demons are once again haunting the country. Even after thirty years after the start of the civil war. After Ukraine, will Bosnia become the next battlefield?

Serbian nationalists again stir up hatred against Muslims and threaten to split off the Serbian part of Bosnia. They are fully supported by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who sees the Serbs as blood brothers and Bosnia as his backyard where he can put pressure on the international community.

Originally aired on September, 15 2022.

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Living together with nature | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-02-11 | It is high time for a transformation to the Symbiocene: an era in which humans, nature and technology create a new balance together. VPRO Backlight goes in search of a new bio-balance with Glenn Albrecht, Jalila Essaïdi and Lucas De Man.

What can we learn from nature? How can we be benevolent towards nature? Backlight talks with environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht about a new era that awaits us: the Symbiocene. An era in which humans, nature and technology live together in balance and benefit from each other's existence.

Researchers and artists such as Jalila Essaïdi, Lucas de Man and Iza Awad are working on materials for the Symbiocene. Materials that originate from nature and can also be reabsorbed by nature. They come up with surprising examples such as use of silkworms, mycelium and kombucha.

How can we transform into an era in which humans coexist with nature. Several artists were inspired by the new vocabulary Albrecht came up with for the Symbiocene. What materials are artists and researchers already using to shape human lives in the Symbiocene?

Originally aired in November 2022

Directed by Rob van Hattum
Research: William de Bruijn & Daan Kuys
Production: Koos van de Merbel
Editing: Jeroen van den Berk
Final editing: Doke Romeijn and Geert Rozinga

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Will China launch an attack on Taiwan? | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2023-01-16 | Is China taking inspiration from Putin, and will soon launch an attack on Taiwan?

This is a question that has been on our minds again since the war in Ukraine. Filmmaker and former China correspondent Floris-Jan van Luyn travels to Taiwan for Frontline and visits the island that has long been threatened by China, and abandoned by the rest of the world.

He encounters a friend without friends, intimidated and ignored, and yet one of us. What do you do, when you are alone?

A front line runs right through Taiwan. Every time China threatens the island - which has been happening with increasing regularity since 1949 - and the world "discovers" that the conflict between China and Taiwan is still current, the call for a peaceful solution is as loud in Taiwan as the call for a sharp independent course. It drives people apart and plays into China's hands.

Recently, Member of Parliament Sjoerd Sjoerdsma was in Taiwan with an international party to discuss a sanctions package that would make China shy away from invading Taiwan, but so far a good portion of the world supports Taiwan only informally. In fact, Taiwan, recognized by only 14 mini-states, stands alone.

Many Taiwanese wonder: How is it possible for Taiwanese democracy to become increasingly isolated, while the Chinese dictatorship is allowed to continue to threaten and provoke?

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The sun belongs to everyone | VPRO Documentary #shorts

vpro documentary 2023-01-11 | Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/CjlCvKutuLE

The sun provides as much energy in one hour as the entire human race consumes in a year. So why don't we harvest it? Artist Marjan van Aubel argues for a 'solar democracy'. The moment solar technology is linked to aesthetics and design, a whole new perspective emerges.

Solar energy can be a great godsend for people in today's energy crisis. In 2022, significantly more solar energy will be harvested in the Netherlands than in previous years. That seems nice, but a fanatical club of sun-believers wants to go much further.

The sun belongs to and is for everyone, so let's produce solar lamps, make clothes and windows that harvest sun, cover buildings and noise barriers with solar foil and start a real 'solar movement.'

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The Sun belongs to everyone | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-12-24 | The sun provides as much energy in one hour as the entire human race consumes in a year. So why don't we harvest it? Artist Marjan van Aubel argues for a 'solar democracy'. The moment solar technology is linked to aesthetics and design, a whole new perspective emerges.

Solar energy can be a great godsend for people in today's energy crisis. In 2022, significantly more solar energy will be harvested in the Netherlands than in previous years. That seems nice, but a fanatical club of sun-believers wants to go much further.

The sun belongs to and is for everyone, so let's produce solar lamps, make clothes and windows that harvest sun, cover buildings and noise barriers with solar foil and start a real 'solar movement.'

Together with mostly female kindred spirits, solar designer Marjan van Aubel (b. 1985) is presenting a first Solar Biennial, a solar manifesto and an installation at Dutch Design Week.

Originally aired on October 22, 2022
Directed by Kees Brouwer
Research: William de Bruijn and Sharine Rijsenburg
Production: Marie Schutgens
Final editing: Doke Romeijn and Geert Rozinga

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Victims of the bombing of Chora | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-12-10 | It's been a year since Dutch soldiers left Afghanistan, where they had been tasked with facilitating security and reconstruction since 2002. On Nov. 11 2022, the court will decide whether the Netherlands culpably bombed innocent civilians at the battle of Chora in 2007. This killed dozens of civilians.

Sakir Khader travels to the province now under Taliban rule and speaks to Afghans who have sued the Dutch state over this.

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Greenland’s melting ice causing social problems | VPRO Documentaryt

vpro documentary 2022-11-26 | Greenland's melting ice is attracting tourists, politicians, media and investors. Climate change as a "business opportunity," but what is happening in Greenland is vital to all of us.

Bram Vermeulen travels to the town of Ilulissat and the nearby ice fjords. Climate change has totally turned the lives of Greenlanders upside down. But while the mayor of Ilulissat sees climate change as a business opportunity, the local police department is deeply concerned. Greenland faces major social problems such as domestic violence, alcohol abuse and has the highest suicide rate in the world.

When Bram Vermeulen visits Ilulissat, the police are busy investigating a human leg found in the landfill. The investigation into the murder exposes an Ilulissat that tourists don't normally get to see.

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Food for Thought | VPRO Documentary #shorts

vpro documentary 2022-11-23 | Watch the full documentary on youtube.com/watch?v=HEzBcsfompM

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Food for thought | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-11-22 | The tiny Netherlands is the second largest agricultural exporter in the world after the United States. Photographer and documentary filmmaker Kadir van Lohuizen shows what that looks like and gives a disconcerting look into the kitchen of our food industry.

Of all the vegetables in the world, 70 percent have a Dutch origin via seed breeding. The Netherlands is Europe's largest tomato exporter. And their onions go en masse to Africa. In turn, The Dutch import green beans from Kenya and asparagus from Peru. By contrast, Amsterdam Sloten is home to Europe's largest indoor farm, which could supply half of Amsterdam with fresh vegetables in the future.

Global food production is responsible for at least 25 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the food supply is coming under increasing pressure. Kadir van Lohuizen goes in search of answers to questions such as: where does our food come from? How is it produced? And where do we take it?

Van Lohuizen shows that pigs and chickens are fed in part on rejected stroopwafels, wine gums, whipped cream cakes, doughnuts and other food waste, and that in the largest pig slaughterhouse in the Netherlands, as many as 20,000 pigs are slaughtered per day. The heads, legs and intestines go to China and the "spare ribs" to the U.S.

Van Lohuizen's visual examination of the world behind our food production and consumption makes one think. What might the future of this food system bring us?

Van Lohuizen shows that pigs and chickens are fed in part on rejected stroopwafels, wine gums, whipped cream cakes, doughnuts and other food waste, and that in the largest pig slaughterhouse in the Netherlands, as many as 20,000 pigs are slaughtered per day. The heads, legs and intestines go to China and the "spare ribs" to the U.S.

Van Lohuizen's visual examination of the world behind our food production and consumption makes one think. What might the future of this food system bring us?

Original title: De voedsel BV
Air date: November 5, 2022

director & camera:
Kadir van Lohuizen
 
research:
Barbara Vos
Sharine Rijsenburg
Anna Lopriore
Daria Birang
 
sound:
Micheal van der Sluijs
Benny Janssen
Jillis Schriel
  
editor:
Chris van Oers
 
online:
Daan Kuys
 
production:
Regina Rijpkema
Zoë de Wilde
 
chief editors:
Doke Romeijn
Geert Rozinga

thanks to:
Frank Wiering

© VPRO 2022 

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Sex education: the first time | VPRO Documentary #shorts

vpro documentary 2022-11-17 | Watch the episode at youtu.be/ThFp76-rqKQ

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The real cost of the World Cup in Qatar | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-11-15 | The FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar on November 20. The biggest sporting event in the world has a dark side: Qatar won the tournament by buying a large number of votes and the construction of the stadiums has killed 6,500 people, according to research by The Guardian.
Every day, coffins arrive at Kathmandu airport with deceased workers who sought refuge in one of the Gulf states. Journalist Danny Ghosen investigates why Nepalese people knowingly choose to work abroad under terrible conditions and why they also went into debt for that job. With all the consequences for the next of kin. Yet new workers report to the airport every day in search of a better life.

Host: Danny Ghosen
Director: Jochem Pinxteren
Research / local producer: Pramod Acharya
Final editor: Jurgen van Uden
Production: Madeleine Somer
Production-assistent: Annelies Bakx
Editor: Gerald van Leipsig
Camera: Jacko Van ’t Hof, Bruce Amende
Sound: Dennis Roelofs
Translator: Praveen Yadav
Audio-mix, grading: Loods Lux & Lumen

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Talking about the first time sex | The Naked Truth about Sex

vpro documentary 2022-11-12 | Are students prepared for their first time? What does their sexual education at school look like? Are you ready for it when you know how to put a condom on a banana? And how do you say no? Dutch sisters Krista and Marcelle talk about their own experiences with their first time sex and how they look back at it. Few students talk about sex with their parents at home. That was also the case with the sisters. That's why they start the conversation with their own parents and they help student Eva and her mother Merijn to talk about this more easily.

'The Naked Truth about Sex, with the Sex Sisters' is a series that examines sexual education in 2022. Because there is a lot to improve. But what needs to change and what role do the parents, students and teachers have?

Sex Sisters Krista and Michelle are known of their YouTube series 'Sex Sisters TV', which can be found here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf2aViaC_G-MAGNmkKbKZPCEUEp8C5irZ

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The battle for Kuki Gallmanns land in Kenya | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-10-29 | Bram Vermeulen travels to Kenya, to Kuki Gallmann's ranch where pastoralists are competing for land with the Italian writer. Who wins when climate change turns into a battle for the last piece of land where you can survive? How did Gallmann's dream get so derailed?

In the VPRO series Frontline, Bram Vermeulen and other creators bring in-depth, narrative and revealing foreign journalism.

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The Aftermath of Dutch bombings in Iraq | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-10-15 | Dutch journalist Danny Ghosen travels to Iraq to talk to the families of people killed in Dutch bombings of IS targets. What price did they pay for liberation?

In Hawija, Iraq, on the night of June 3, 2015, an estimated 70 people were killed after a Dutch attack on an IS bomb factory. Despite acknowledging that there were civilian casualties, The Netherlands, for now, refuses any liability. 'It is time for the Dutch government to take responsibility,' argues the mayor of Hawija. After seven years, he and the residents are still fighting for recognition, demanding compensation for the city in ruins and the lives destroyed.

The airstrikes were described by the international coalition as the "most precise in the history of air warfare". The Netherlands also participated in the fight against IS. In four years, Dutch fighter jets dropped more than 2,000 bombs on Iraq and Syria. In total, the coalition carried out 35,000 attacks.

It is unclear how many civilians were killed in the process. The official figure stands at 1,410 but human rights organizations speak of a multiple and complain of a lack of transparency on the part of the participating countries. The Dutch government - after revelations from journalists, and after pressure from the House of Representatives - has admitted four "incidents.

Broadcast February 21, 2022

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ASMLs Secret: An exclusive view from inside the global semiconductor giant | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-10-01 | In The Netherlands stands one of the world's biggest drivers of technological progress: ASML. It supplies machines that make chips on a scale of just a few nanometers. And the world is crying out for chips.

ASML makes the most advanced machine in the world; the lithography machine to make computer chips. And with chips as a strategic asset, ASML and its machine are at the center of the world geo-political stage. What is ASML's secret, and who are the people who build this wondrous machine?

VPRO Backlight gained access to the ins and outs of the high-tech company and followed a number of employees. Due to the high demand for chips, chip manufacturers are expanding rapidly. ASML also has to scale up at the same pace. The company hires a hundred new employees every week and tries to attract technical talent from all over the world to Veldhoven.

At the same time, ASML has become a geopolitical plaything, due to the global shortage of chips and the dominance that chip production entails. How is this outside pressure having an impact inside ASML's walls?

Directed by Kees Brouwer
Research: Arnout Arens
Editing: Jouke Dubel
Production: Marie Schutgens
Final editing: Doke Romeijn, Geert Rozinga

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The Silence of Guatemala | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-09-19 | Costa Rica is the happiest country in Central America, but in neighboring Nicaragua things are far from good. Under President Ortega's regime, an influx of refugees is leaving Nicaragua in search of safety and happiness. Are they welcome in their new country of Costa Rica? And who has a right to happiness?

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Vertical obsession in Panama | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-09-03 | Panama's economy is thriving, and this is reflected in a vertical building boom, filling its impressive skyline with skyscrapers. Stef visits the vibrant working-class neighborhoods at the bottom of those towers of prosperity and explores what is changing for these Panamanians.

Part 2 of a series called 'In between the America's'.

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The threat of rising sea levels | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-08-20 | On the paradisiacal San Blas Islands, the kunas live with the rhythms of nature. As sea levels rise, they face a major dilemma: should they move to the countryside or wait for the water to come? Stef tries to immortalize the last sounds of this special culture: a sewing machine, the threat of the sea, the grating of a coconut and a talking palm tree.

Part 1 of a series called 'In between the America's'.

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Illegal dumping of toxic substances | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-08-06 | Belgium is in the throes of the PFAS scandal surrounding the US chemical plant 3M in Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp. The trail leads from Antwerp to Alabama, where another 3M plant is located.

For years, the company legally and illegally discharged toxic substances into the river Scheldt. With all the consequences: people who live near the factory are not allowed to eat eggs and vegetables from their own garden. And the water of the Scheldt is so polluted that it is no longer responsible for shrimp fishing.

To expose the working methods of 3FM, we travel to Alabama. There is a similar 3M plant on the Tennessee River and here, too, the effects of discharging PFAS prove far-reaching. How could it have come to this?

Broadcast date: April 22, 2022

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Central African Republic: Russias Testing Ground | VPRO Documentary

vpro documentary 2022-07-23 | We travel to one of the poorest countries in the world that has become the hub of a major geopolitical game between Russia and the West.

The Central African Republic is the testing ground for Russia's compelling ambition to take African countries into its sphere of influence and turn them against the West. In exchange for raw materials and diplomatic support in the UN Security Council, Russia supplies mercenaries to keep governments in power, education and disinformation with a Moscow perspective.

Journalist Bram Vermeulen meets Wagner's masked mercenaries and their best customer, the president of the Central African Republic. He hears about their gruesome methods of scorched earth, kidnappings and disappearances. He literally engages in a fight with Vladimir Putin's representative in the Central African Republic during a boxing training session with the Russian consul who dismisses all allegations of human rights violations as fake news.

The Russians are waging a disinformation campaign that is riding on a wave of distaste for former colonizer France, who is accused of disinterest in the fate of Africans and racism. This campaign is being carried out on numerous fronts: social media, university lectures and war films in which Russians are the heroes and Westerners the villains.

Journalists who try to combat the disinformation mysteriously die or are threatened.

On the front lines of Cold War 2.0, Bram Vermeulen sees that the West is losing the battle for Africa.

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