This documentary by American filmmakers Jonathan Blank and Barclay Powers gives a portrait of Holland as a modern-day citadel of individual freedom.
Primarily set in Amsterdam, it presents a country where the sale of marijuana and hashish is legally permitted. Prostitution, also permitted, is restricted to red light districts where brothels follow strict health codes and are subject to frequent inspections. The free national health system
provides for both abortion and euthanasia. About the only things that are forbidden are capital punishment and guns.
This general permissiveness has its roots in the country's earliest charter, a tradition which has ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins