Transit Levantkade

Stylised documentary portrait of the Amsterdam Levantkade area and the urban nomads who in the late eighties sought refuge in this nomansland now cleared The film tells the story of the Levantkade a quay in Amsterdams old doc area In the twenties Levantkade was a gateway for Eastern European emigrants on their way to South America In the eighties Levantkade became a haven for dropouts for foreigners and for homeless people who lived here on a different planet until the police came to clear the area for the wreckers The film shows these urban indians in documentary form interspersed with archive material about immigrants dating from 1926