Meet the Fokkens
“They're up to their old tricks”
2011•NR•1h 20m•6.0•Released
Documentary
Sisters doing it for themselves in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Louise and Martine Fokkens are identical twins. For over fifty years they were working as prostitutes. They freed themselves from the control of their pimps, ran their own brothel, and set up the first informal trade union for prostitutes. They are familiar faces in Amsterdam's Red Light District, but soon they will bid their farewells. The Ladies Fokkens is a portrait of these remarkable women, as well as a history of the Red Light District over the past fifty years.
Director
Rob Schröder
Writer
Rob Schröder, Gabrielle Provaas
Languages
Dutch
Studio
Submarine
Cast
Louise Fokkens
Herself
Martine Fokkens
Herself
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