Veerhuuis, Het

Alternative title

Hospice in Amsterdam, A

Synopsis

At the end of Van Goghstraat in Amsterdam is the Veerhuis. A normal residential house in a normal urban area, where children play outside in front of the door. But people come to the Veerhuis to die. For his research, Steef Meyknecht worked for three years as a volunteer in The Veerhuis.

Language

Dutch (Standard)

Country

Netherlands

Year of release

2005

Notes

Subtitles in English

Subjects

Social Studies

Keywords

anthropology; euthanasia; assisted suicide

Credits

Director

Steef Meyknecht

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

£50.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

62 minutes

Year

2013

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.