Prostitution is the oldest profession in the world, and this two identical twins - Louise and Martine Fokken
have been working more than 50 years in Amsterdam's Red Light District.
Louise
and Martine Fokken began their careers working for a pimp, but they
managed to free themselves from the control of their pimps,
ran their own brothel in Amsterdam. They even helped found the first
independent prostitutes union in Amsterdam.
A new documentary "Meet the Fokkens", directed by Gabriëlle Provaas and Rob Schröde, follows Louise and Martine, as they go about their daily lives in
Amsterdam - eating dessert and seducing men, were shown at New York City’s Film Forum recently and planned for general distribution soon.
"I can't tell you how many tricks we've had," Louise says in a clip from the
documentary. "Countless."
Though Louise is now retired due to arthritis, Martine is still very much active
in the red-light community.
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