DATELINE
EP 28
TX
19/10/2021
SEX, DRUGS AND BAD TOURISTS
POLICE – hook to: YVETTE IN WINDOW @BROTHEL = What everyone is fighting over/ YVETTE WINDOW PTC 4.5 MIN |
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COPS WALKING THROUGH STREETS FROM BEHIND LOTS OF ICONIC ESTABLISHING SHOTS / GVS - CAN CUT IN FROM OTHER SHOOT DAYS |
THOUGHTRACK: Lieke: @ 00:55:31] A lot of the
tourists they just want to see the sex workers because we're quite a unique
and how we have our Red Light District. VO:
IT’S FRIDAY EVENING IN AMSTERDAM’S INFAMOUS RED LIGHT DISTRICT, KNOWN LOCALLY
AS DE WELLEN |
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SUPERS |
VO:
OFFICERS ARE ON THE BEAT IN THIS NOTORIOUSLY ROWDY PART OF THE CITY…ONE THAT
IS ONLY JUST STARTING TO RECOVER FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC |
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MORE GVS / CITY OLAY / TOURIST-Y SHOTS |
Bradeep @ 00:33:57
Well, it was a complete stop when the measures took place and now it's slowly
starting to build up again, getting more crowded, but it isn't near the
levels of pre-COVID |
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SHOTS OF ROWDY TOURISTS – SEX MACHINE UPSOT? |
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Heleen / Smokeboat @01:17:31 |
VO: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THESE STREETS WERE
PACKED WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO’D COME HERE TO EXPLORE AN
ADULT PLAYGROUND. BUT NOW SOME LOCALS ARE HOPING TO ATTRACT A DIFFERENT TYPE
OF TOURIST 01:33:09 –DRUNK TOURIST - SEX MACHINE
VOXIE |
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TRANSITION TO YVETTE
IN THE WINDOW |
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00:28:14 – YVETTE LOCKING UP BIKE 00:29:00 – YVETTE WALKING TO WORK 00:33:00 – YVETTE BROTHEL WALK UP 00:35:00 – YVETTE BACKPACK SEQUENCE / BROTHEL ROOM SETUP 00:38:00 – VIBRATOR CUTAWAY |
THOUGHTRACK - YVETTE MASTER IV @ Yvette (02:25:31): Yeah. Um, my name is Yvette Luhrs and I am a sex worker. Um, and I've been working in the sex industry for the last 10 years [END GRAB] MORE OLAY THOUGHTRACK - YVETTE MASTER IV: Yvette (02:30:42): prostitution has always been like
something that I always was very interested in, um, and has always been on my
list, like, Ooh, I want to try that out. |
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VO: DE WELLEN’S RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS KNOWN WORLD WIDE FOR THESE WINDOWS. ONE OF THE SEX WORKERS BEHIND THEM, IS YVETTE. |
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STRAP: YVETTE LUHRS @ 01:51 YVETTE LUHRS Sex Worker & Activist |
Yvette (00:46:53):And this, this, this brothel has been here for years, Yvette (00:49:00):it's nice to work in a place where you feel like within the community are being taken care of. Yvette (00:49:12):I think it's really, it's really nice
to be around other sex workers and people who've been in the industry for a
longer time. So you can ask for advice when you need topeople can look out
for each other. |
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VO: SEX WORK IN HOLLAND ISN’T AS UNREGULATED AS IT
MAY SEEM TO OUTSIDERS...THERE IS A LOT OF RED TAPE IN THE RED LIGHT
DISTRICTALL SEX WORKERS ARE MEANT TO REGISTER AND WORK ONLY FROM LICENSED
BROTHELS LIKE THESE ONES… Yvette (01:00:41): So this is the room. Evan (01:00:44): This is your room then? VO: YVETTE IS TRYING TO NORMALISE AND DESTIGMATISE
SEX WORK |
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YVETTE ROOM TOUR |
Yvette (01:00:45): this Is where I work with clients. Evan (01:00:48):This is where you bring the clients? Yvette (01:00:49):Yeah. And then I you would get undressed. Um, I would ask you to wash yourself, or I would wash you. Your penis obviously. Um, and then we would get into bed. Evan (01:01:03):Okay. And then at what point do they sort of do, is it when you're at the window Are you, are you deciding if you like a client? Have you Got that control? Yvette (01:01:13):Oh yes. Evan (01:01:13):How do you decide? Yvette (01:01:15):Maybe you've noticed, but you can't really enter this building unless I open the door for you. |
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01:21:00 – YVETTE CHANGING INTO SEX WORK CLOTHES (NUDITY) 01:29:40 – YVETTE IN WINDOW PLAYING UKE |
THOUGHTRACK: YVETTE MASTER IV: Yvette (02:32:02): I like to work with people and I like to
work with sexuality |
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TRANSITION TO PTC |
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SPLIT THIS PTC W/ CUTAWAY OF YVETTE WALKING DOWN HALL W/ MAN |
VO: FOR YVETTE AND HER CLIENTS THIS IS A WORKPLACE THAT OFFERS A LEGAL AND SAFE SERVICE. ONE THAT'S OFTEN CALLED THE OLDEST PROFESSION IN THE WORLD. |
MAYORS PLAN – SPLIT PTC – hook to: Weed is also on the line 2 MIN |
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ED NOTE: The idea here is to intercut the Mayor’s SOTS with the SPLIT PTC & some quick anti-Voxies - but all with the same music / same pace - all one seamless segment |
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REUTERS MAYOR SOT @00: STRAP: @04:01 FEMKE HELSEMA Mayor of Amsterdam |
MAYOR: There is nothing wrong with sex
workers, with the way they do their work. If we have prostitution in our city
- and we do have prostitution |
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REUTERS MAYOR SOT |
MAYOR: I want the women and men who do the work to be proud of what they are doing and be respected for who they are." |
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EVAN WALKING / SOLO PENSIVE SHOTS IN RLD |
VO:
WHILE THE MAYOR MAY SAY SHE RESPECTS SEX WORKERS, SHE IS LEADING AN EFFORT TO BANISH THEM
FROM THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT AND THE HEART OF THE CITY |
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00:00:38 – SPLIT PTC 1ST HALF: AMSTERDAMS MAYOR FEMKE HELSIMA AND MANY
OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT RELOCATE FROM HERE IN THE
CENTRE OF AMSTERDAM - *MULTIPLE TAKES |
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01:46:47 – OUT OF TOWN GVS / DRIVE 01:48:12 – PTC 2ND HALF: TO HERE, THE PROPOSED
SITE OF AN EROTIC CENTRE A 20 MINUTE DRIVE FROM THE CITY CENTER. |
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REUTERS MAYOR SOT: |
MAYOR: What you are doing is no longer window prostitution, they become brothels or closed shops where the women work. You can imagine for instance that people will have an app, or something where you can look the women up on your telephone but without seeing them in the windows. And it means that people who are passing, cannot laugh at them anymore." |
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GVS / Transitions tourists at night near the windows etc. |
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PTC CREDIT @05: provided by Thijs Wolza, Moke Architecten |
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS THE PLANS TO MOVE THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT. THE MAYOR WHO’S PLAN IT IS REFUSES TO TALK TO US AS DOES HER SPOKESPERSON – BUT WE HAVE THE INITIAL CONCEPT BY THE ARCHITECT WHO’S COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A STUDY ON HOW TO RETAIN THE SOCIAL COHESION OF THE AREA |
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TRANSITION TO FULL SCREEN & ANIMATE THE HI-RES IMAGES OF THE EROTIC CENTRE |
VO:
THIS MODERN INDUSTRIAL STYLE TOWER IS A FAR CRY FROM THE BEATING HEART OF THE
CITY... AND
IT COULD BE BUILT AT ONE OF 9 POTENTIAL OUT OF TOWN SITES UNDER CONSIDERATION |
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YVETTE MASTER IV |
Yvette
(02:54:47): the mayor wants to move all the
visible sexual activity |
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YVETTE IN WINDOW OLAY |
Evan (00:59:29): Would you continue the work if you, if it did have to, if you did have to move to an exotic or erotic centre? Yvette (00:59:34): No I would not, I would not move to another place with window work. No, I want to, I want to do my window work here and I would not move to an erotic centre |
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VO:
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS TO ENCOURAGE A BETTER QUALITY
TOURIST AND SOME AGREE |
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LOCALS VOXIES SMOKEBOAT TAPE - |
Alex (02:37:04):you hear about the Red Light District, you hear about the coffee shops, you hear about these kinds of stuff. And when actually Amsterdam has a lot more to offer rather Mace (02:42:59):Closing down the windows would be for sure a negative thing for the industry that is the prostitution industry, which is huge in Amsterdam. And something that a lot of tourists come for. However, my stance on tourism is that the quality of tourism would improve. |
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EVAN WALKING THROUGH UPMARKET AMST. CANAL SHOTS / PARKS CUT TO MAP GFX: MAP OF AMSTERDAM WITH THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT OUTLINED
IN A GLOWING RED NEON FX RESPECTABLE TOURISTS BEHAVING THEMSELVES |
VO:
AMSTERDAM IS HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
LOCATIONS IN EUROPE...FROM THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM TO THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE. VO:
CUTTING EDGE MUSEUMS GALLERIES AND RESTAURANTS SIT BETWEEN TIMEWORN CHURCHES
AND PALACES VO:
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS MAINLY MERCHANT HOUSES BUILT IN A BOOM IN THE LATE
1600S VO:
THE MAYOR WANTS TOURISTS TO COME HERE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND FINE DINING - NOT
SEX….AND OTHER TEMPTATIONS |
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BEAT
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COFFEESHOP – brief SOT / purchase segment + PTC’S 3 MIN |
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ESTABLISHING SHOTS - COFFEE SHOP |
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PTC |
02:03:14 – PTC: CANNABIS COFFEE SHOPS LIKE THESE OPERATE IN A KIND OF LEGAL GREY AREA IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TO PRODUCE CANNABIS HERE IN HOLLAND BUT BUYING SMALL QUANTITIES IN ONE OF THESE COFFEESHOPS HAS BEEN TOLERATED FOR DECADES BUT AS THE CITY AUTHORITIES TRY TO CLEAN UP AMSTERDAMS IMAGE ITS NOT SURE HOW LONG FOREIGNERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY AMSTERDAMS LIBERAL VALUES |
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INT CUTAWAYS FROM JOINT PURCHASE SEQUENCE |
Kenji Lou: [01:04:25] What are you
looking for? Are you looking for a gram or do you want to smoke a pre-rolled
joint? |
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VO:
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, SHOPS LIKE THIS ONE WOULD BE FULL OF INTERNATIONAL
TOURISTS ENJOYING THE LEGAL CANNABIS EXPERIENCE |
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Kenji Lou: [01:04:40] So I would go for a Silver Haze joint. [01:05:05] Take a few puffs, wait 10
minutes, see if you can handle the feeling. |
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FINALIZE PURCHASE OLAY |
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Evan:Yeah, are most of your clients locals or foreigners, tourists? Eric:It used to be tourists. Evan:Really? Eric:[00:09:01] Yeah. I think percentage-wise
it's like 60/40. |
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VO: ERIC IS THE MANGER - HE’S RUN THIS COFFEESHOP FOR YEARS. |
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STRAP: 08:52 ERIC Cannabis Cafe Manager |
ERIC: (23:06) So
it's really an Amsterdam thing. If people come from other countries and the
first thing when you think Holland, 00:23:40 the attraction of Amsterdam, of course, it's the coffee shops. It's very well known all over the world. |
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Eric: (23:58) |
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Break up with coffee
shop Olay |
Evan: (24:32) WHAT ARE THE GOV PLANS FOR
SELLING MARIJUANA IN COFFEESHOPS Eric: (24:36) Well, all over Holland .you
have to be a Dutch person to buy weed in a coffee shop. Foreigners are not
allowed anymore in those shops. Eric: (25:56) our new mayor Halsema, she's
trying also to apply that rule in Amsterdam. Evan:(26:10) Right. And how far progressed is that planning? Eric:(26:18) They're still working on it. Our mayor wants it one way or the other But at the end she's the mayor so she can decide. Evan: (27:03) What would be the impact of that change? What would happen to the coffee shops? Eric:(27:11)It's going to be huge. 27:33 Another thing is that all of the streets in Amsterdam, especially in the center, also in the Red Light District, they're all orientated on tourism. (27:45) So if you make the coffee shops only accessible for local people, then the tourists are going to stay away. 28:20 They want to try to get rid of the Red Light District in the center. |
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Break this up with
upsot instead of VO |
VO:
ERIC AND OTHER CAFÉ OWNERS BELIEVE THAT RESTRICTING THE SALE OF CANNABIS TO
LOCALS WILL ONLY DRIVE FOREIGNERS TO ILLEGAL DEALERS |
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Eric: (29:30) the buying of marijuana from people that
still are coming here, is not going away. They still want to buy so what then
happens is that you |
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00:20:27 The best thing to do, is sit
here and have your smoke.
It's nice and you're comfortable. If something happens we can help
you, It's
a nice environment (20:46). It's a safe environment |
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FADE / TRANSITION BREATH HERE – GVS AND MUSIC |
SMOKEBOAT: Amsterdam, tourist haven for sex, drugs and partying – PTC ON THE BOAT 4 MIN |
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CANAL / TOURISTS / SMOKEBOAT GVS - SET UP SMOKEBOAT SHOTS |
VO:
RIDDING A CITY OF SEX AND DRUGS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SENSIBLE IDEA.BUT A SURGE
IN CHEAP EUROPEAN FLIGHTS HAS BOLSTERED HOLLAND’S TOURISM SECTOR WHICH NOW
ACCOUNTS FOR 5% OF GDP AND EMPLOYS 10% OF THE WORKFORCEAND MANY TOURISTS WANT
TO EXPERIENCE THESE MORE TABOO ATTRACTIONS |
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SMOKE BOAT INTROS |
01:25:00 Yeah, the most important rule we
have here on the Smokeboat is, no stress. We're here to relax guys. [TRIM]
Just light up the joint, lay back, and then get nice and high. You know how
we do it. So let's rock and roll. |
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JASON IN-SITU IV STRAP @11:41 JASON smoke boat host |
Evan (01:46:08): How important is the coffee shops and the smoking and the marijuana, in drawing tourists to Amsterdam? Jason (01:46:29): What I always say about Amsterdam,
the three crosses on the flag, would say sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
That's what Amsterdam looks like for me. Everyone is here to have a good
time, to be themselves,do what they cannot do in their countries. So, it's a
big part and a big role of community. |
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02:24:00 (APPROX) – PTC: THESE GUYS HAVE COME FROM SPAIN FRANCE THE US AND BRITAIN AND THEY’RE HERE TO PARTY ON ONE OF THE RED LIGHT DISTRICTS INFAMOUS SMOKEBOATS – WHERE THEY COULD SMOKE MORE OPENLY THAN THEY COULD AT HOME - IT’S WHY THEY’RE HERE. PUTTING MONEY INTO A TOURISM INDUSRY THAT EMPLOYS SOME 60 THOUSAND PEOPLE |
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FEW MORE SHOTS / WRAP UP SMOKEBOAT SCENE |
OLAV – we want it moved 4 MIN |
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EV & OLAV WALKING / OLAY |
THOUGHTRACK - Olav (03:56):when it gets later in the day, the crowds
come in, vast crowds and they completely take over the neighborhood. That's
the big problem. |
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VO:
I’M OUT FOR A TOUR OF AMSTERDAM WITH OLAV ULRICH...YOU COULD CALL HIM AN
ACTIVIST RESIDENT, Olav (17:27): During COVID It was absolutely
abandoned. There was no, nobody on the streets were completely empty and silent,
it was amazing AND
HE HAS MADE RECLAIMING THE RED LIGHT DISTRICTS FROM TOURISTS HIS TOP PRIORITY
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START MONTAGE OF OLAV’S ROWDY TOURIST PICS & VIDS MORE OLAV PICS & VIDS |
VO: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SHUT THE CITY DOWN, OLAV WAS DOCUMENTING WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE THE PARTICULARLY SHOCKING LACK OF MANNERS ON THE PART OF VISITORS TO HIS CITY |
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SUPER @13:37 OLAV ULRICH activist resident INTERCUT THIS CONVO W/ OLAY OF EV & OLAV WALKING - OLAV POINTING AT THINGS - THE OCCASIONAL NATSOT |
Olav (08:04): Prostitution has always been in this |
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Evan (07:20): the government is proposing, closing
the Olav (07:29): Well, um, that would probably mean that in the end, if the window prostitution is taken away from here and moved to another place, it would be one attraction, major attraction in this neighborhood, less. So maybe, hopefully, probably there would be less, uh, attractive for the mass tourism. Olav (06:07) Evan (07:00): Right So for you, this is more about mass tourism than it is about window prostitution Olav (07:04): And the role of the window,
prostitution as an attraction, as an important factor for tourism to come to
Amsterdam. That's, that's what it's all About. If everything is allowed,
which is fine - it is not a license to misbehave - (Link to |
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VO:
OLAV ISN'T PERSUADED BY
THE ARGUMENT THAT THE SEX WORKERS HAVE A RIGHT TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE
WIDOWS OF DE WELLEN |
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Olav (25:47): Well, Apart from the safety issue, I
could say, well, do the sex workers now ever realize or acknowledge that
they're being here also contributes maybe might contribute to the bad living
conditions in the neighborhood for net, for local citizens. And if they
realize that that is the case, would their answer still be the same? Or would
they say, I don't care. |
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QUICK TRANSITION TO YVETTE / DIRECT RESPONSE |
YVETTE MASTER IV – moving it is a bad idea 1.5 MIN |
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Yvette
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OLAY YVETTE AT BROTHEL |
VO:
YVETTE ISN’T OPPOSED TO RAISING THE BAR FOR TOURIST BEHAVIOUR, IN FACT - SHE
THINKS IT COULD BENEFIT SOME SEX WORKERS |
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YVETTE PORTRAIT SHOT |
THOUGHTRACK Yvette (03:05:20): sex workers also benefit from less
cheap tourism and more high-end tourism. Um, but yeah, that's not about us
moving away. It's about, uh, making sure that if, if you are, if a drunk
tourist pisses against against someone's front door, you should fine that
tourist. You should make, you should. Yeah. It's like, it' s not that hard. |
MORE POLICE – not that simple 2 MIN |
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POLICE OLAY - AT THE STATION, GETTING READY TO GO OUT |
VO: BUT |
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POLICE OLAY WALKING ON THEIR OWN (NO EVAN) |
Bradeep:[00:35:07] there are thousands of people every day, cramming through a small street, narrow alleyways. This raise a lot of safety concerns, and because of all those people in this small area, all the other challenges arise. Lieke:Siren. You can't push through. If you push through it, people will fall in the water. The only thing you can do is walk and run and try to, "Hello, please, please get out of the way." Bradeep: Make room, make room. Make
space. |
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Evan: [00:38:37] Lieke: No. Not anymore. |
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Lieke: [00:39:49] We're a little outnumbered, |
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Evan: [00:42:00] What could be a solution to this, do you think? In terms of the numbers of people? And just from a policing point of view, are there other ways of dealing with it? Lieke:[00:42:06] More police officers Bradeep: Yeah, of course. More police
officers. |
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OLAY OF HOSTS TALKING TO TOURISTS - OLAY ONLY |
VO:
AMSTERDAM EMPLOYS CITIZENS CALLED HOSTS TO TRY TO HELP WITH CROWD CONTROL IN
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT, BUT THEY HAVE NO REAL POWERS -MEANING THE POLICE
OFTEN STRUGGLE TO COPE |
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FROM AROUND 01:28:55 - LIEKE OUT POLICING |
01:30:07
- LIEKE: THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER LIEKE: THERE’S A LOT OF DRUG DEALERS AND THERE’S NO POLICE [EYE ROLL] |
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Evan: [00:46:38] Obviously one of the big attractions of De Wallen is
the Red Light District. If it was closed in De Wallen, would that help
relieve the pressure? Bradeep: 00:46:58] Yeah, that's a complex question But on the other side, what Leeko already said, if the windows are removed, they lose their workplace. So where will they go? Lieke: [00:47:13] And they're still going to do their jobs. Bradeep: So, and then they'll go underground. |
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TRANSITION - |
MAYOR - TRAFFICKING SET UP |
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VO: WHEN SEX WORKERS TAKE THEIR BUSINESS
UNDERGROUND THAT MEANS LESS TRANSPARENCY AND
CAN LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN SEX TRAFFICKING BUT
THE THREAT OF SEX TRAFFICKING IS ALSO THE MAYORS ARGUMENT FOR SHUTTING THE
RED LIGHT DISTRICT DOWN |
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MAYOR: |
HELEEN / TRAFFICKING / WALK & TALK 2.5 MIN |
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00:42:48-01:12:42 – HELLEN OLAY AT WORK 01:12:42 – EVAN WALK IN |
00:01:22 everything that doesn't go right
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MORE OLAY HELEEN |
VO:
WHILE THERE ARE MANY DUTCH SEX WORKERS WORKING IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT, THE
SEX WORK INDUSTRY IN HOLLAND INCLUDES PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS, WORKING IN
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FROM PRIVATE HOUSES AND ESCORTING TO WEB-CAMS. |
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STRAP @ 20:00 HELEEN DRIESSEN counsellor |
Evan (04:13): Heleen (07:41): We don't know, we don't have any |
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ADD SOME PIC CUTAWAYS / SHOTS HERE TO BREAK UP THIS LONG IV GRAB |
00:08:00 I think a lot of people work voluntarily as a sex worker, and then you get always a little bit of discussion, if you're from outside the Netherlands for example, and if you want to come here, if somebody helps you to provide the Chamber of Commerce. How do you do it? How do you find an apartment? If somebody helps you with it andearns some money from it, we also say it's human trafficking. |
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OLAY OF THE RED LIGHT AT NIGHT / EVAN WALKING / SIGNS / TOURISTS OLAY |
VO:
WHAT HELEEN IS EXPLAINING IS ONE OF THE GREY AREAS THAT MAKES PINNING DOWN
THE NUMBER OF TRAFFICKED WOMEN IN THE DUTCH SEX INDUSTRY DIFFICULT - SIMPLY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A FOREIGNER
ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A SEX WORKER IN HOLLAND IS CONSIDERED TRAFFICKING… THIS
MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MANY WOMEN ARE FORCED INTO THE SEX INDUSTRY
AGAINST THEIR WILL. ESTIMATES FOR THOSE TRAFFICKED IN THE COUNTRIES SEX
INDUSTRY VARY FROM SEVERAL
HUNDRED TO MANY VO:
WHETHER SHUTTING DOWN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT’S BROTHELS WOULD MAKE WOMEN MORE
OR LESS SAFE IS HOTLY CONTESTED |
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HELEEN MASTER IV |
Heleen (14:53): Yeah, what we always say is that for us
it's really important that we have access to the sex workers. So that it's
very easy for us to give them all theinformation they need to do their job on
the most safest, best way. [END GRAB] |
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Heleen (24:29): |
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TRANSITION |
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AD BREAK HERE |
SEX SHOP |
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YVETTE OLAY /
PENSIVE SHOTS / ETC. |
IN
AMSTERDAM’S RED LIGHT DISTRICT SEX WORKER YVETTE LUHRS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
- WHILST IT’S NOT HER EXPEREINCE –
SOME WOMEN IN THE SEX INDUSTRY ARE VICITIMS OF EXPLOITATION. Yvette (02:40:10)I think exploitation is always problematic. Yvette (02:41:38): it's not like the, like a
blockbuster “Taken” type of movie where someone is stolen and be put behind
the window. Um, of course, um, there are horrible situations in people's
personal, personal lives, and that's also the case in the sex industry just
as it is in other types of work. |
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SEX SHOP EXT. EST. SHOTS YVETTE & EVAN BROWSING |
VO:
FOR YVETTE, SEX WORK IS ABOUT EMPOWERMENT AND EXPLORATION, NOT EXPLOITATION
-AND SHE WANTS TO SHOW ME SOME OF THE TOOLS OF HER TRADE… |
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YVETTE: (01:53:25): people come with very
different requests. Some people just want to literally just want to talk.
Some people want to cuddle. Some people want to be tied up. VO:
FOR YVETTE BEING EMPOWERED MEANS OWNING HER
PROFESSION… IN ALL IT’S DETAIL. UPSOT |
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YVETTE 02:10:41: These are all whips or floggers. Um, so you can use them to hit someone, EVAN : a lot of people like that? YVETTE: Well, more people are into it than you expect. [END] EVAN: Okay. Um, why are you looking at me like that? YVETTE: I'm trying to read you. EVAN: I could see there's a look there. Yeah. EVAN.. So, um, these are whips and floggers and so would you use these regularly? YVETTE: Yeah. I have something like this a little bit heavier and EVAN: Heavier? ouch YVETTE
(29:13): EVAN (29:34): Okay. Ill keep that in mind. |
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TRANSITION |
YVETTE AT HOME AS POLITICAL ACTIVIST – will keep fighting - PORTRAIT SHOTS WRAP UP 2 MIN |
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OLAY OF YVETTE ON LAPTOP IN “POLITICS MODE” |
VO: TODAY, YVETTE HAS ANOTHER JOB NEEDING HER
ATTENTION (SLIGHT
PAUSE) WAITING
AROUND FOR THE POLITICIANS TO DECIDE ISSUES AROUND SEX WORK AND THE FATE OF
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT WASN’T ENOUGH FOR HER |
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YVETTE MASTER IV |
YVETTE
THOUGHTRACK (02:47:26) |
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VO: YVETTE HAS BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF A
PROGRESSIVE PARTY WHO HAS JUST WON A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT |
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Yvette (02:49:19 Yvette (02:49:46): I'm very happy, with our party leader in parliament who are already addressed, uh, sex work and decriminalization several times now in the short time she's, she's in parliament. Um, Evan (02:49:59): so you've got a voice. Yvette (02:50:00): yes, yes. Yeah. That's and yeah,
that's, that's really, um, getting all emotional about it. |
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BEAT / TRANSITION |
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EVAN SOLO SHOTS / WALKING SHOTS |
VO:
THE FIGHT FOR AMSTERDAM’S
RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS FAR FROM OVER... |
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ERIC - COFFEESHOP |
Eric:(36:56) if you move that part of the
city, you take away the soul of the city I think. |
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OLAV |
Olav (31:39): things change That's one. The ships
that used to sail into Amsterdam had sails. The neighborhood that's now
considered a red light district 300 years ago. It was not the red light
district. There was no prostitution. It was in another part of the city. Uh,
the coffee shops are 40 years old, so what's soul are we talking about? |
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FINAL COFFEESHOP / ERIC CUTAWAYS & PORTRAIT SHOT |
Eric: (45:11) I wish I knew. That's a tricky question. Eric: (45:20) No. I think the name we
tried to build all over the years, a liberal country where people really want
to oto experience that kind of feeling, the openness is gone I think. I hope
I'm wrong. |
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