In the city psychiatric patients and their neighbours live together. The patients work together in their shop 'De Ruilhalte' where they bring their art into society. They paint and write. The neighbours can get their hair cut or just drink a cop of coffee. 'De Ruilhalte' is a place where the neighbourhood can meet.

This documentary is made with GGZ Mentrum Amsterdam, Countyworks Amsterdam and the National Kwartiermaken Festival in the GGZ.

Homemaking will be broadcast on march 4 2006 23:00 (AT5)

This documentary tells the story of the fate of the Vietnamese war veterans. Many of them and their (grand)children still suffer from the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange that the United States sprayed on the country. It deminishes their chances for a rich and full life. The youth has no time to bussy themselves with the past and are absorbed into the new market economy, with which Vietnam seems to permanently say goodby to the war.

International War Trauma Documentation Centre: Nomination for Best Documentary

Broadcast: RVU Channel Ned 3 August 2002

English version available on DVD

In Swaziland the AIDs epidemic is growing fastly. In this kingdom polygamy is still existing and this documentary looks at the influence of polygamy on the AIDS epidemic in Swaziland. 

The king’s number one wife has her doubts about the polygamy which the king himself helps to advance. Labor activists, a male and a female are in competition over the pro’s and con’s of polygamy.

Broadcast: The Netherlands, RVU Ned 3 August 2002

Ireland TV, South African TV, Lesotho TV

This documentary shows the Dutch fishing along the coast of Mauritania. The natural wildlife suffers and what are the environmental consequences for local fisheries?

Broadcast: Netherlands channel Ned 3 August 2001

English version available on DVD

A documentary about the privatizing of the railroad organisation in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Broadcast:  Netherlands, channel Ned 3  VPRO Lopende Zaken (1997-1999)

A schizophrenic in Limburg, The Netherlands, Wil Welters roams the streets and is God’s voice.

Broadcast: RVU channel Ned 3 1998

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