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Title Meet the Fokkens.

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2012.
Summary Meet Louise and Martine Fokkens: 69-year-old identical twins who have worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam's red light district for over 50 years. Louise is newly retired due to arthritis ("I couldn't get one leg over the other"), but Martine carries on, unable to support herself on a state pension. Between explicit scenes of her daily grind, she and Louise stroll the city in matching outfits, recounting hilariously ribald stories from a lifetime of sex work. (Discussing a client who was a chaplain, one recalls: "Don't you remember, we even had a little confessional!") An immensely affectionate portrait of two women who have seen and done everything (and everyone), Meet the Fokkens is a rollicking and revealing look at the world's oldest profession in the 21st century.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Prostitution -- Amsterdam -- History -- 21st century.
Red-light districts -- Amsterdam -- History -- 21st century.
Twins -- Amsterdam.
Genre/Form Feature Films.
Added Author Provaas, Gabrielle, producer.
Schröder, Rob, producer.
Kanopy (Firm)
Music No. 1114327 Kanopy