Working for Labour

No filmmaker has ever before been given permission to follow a Dutch election campaign with the camera On the basis of a few contractual conditions filmmaker Niek Koppen was given a glimpse into the kitchen of the Labour Party election campaign in 1998 From the making of the publicity photos by Anton Corbijn to the celebration of the election victory on 6 May 1998 In the Prime Ministers residence Koppen recorded how decisions were taken during intimate discussions phone calls and meals The film focuses on the arduous cooperation between the veterans Wim Kok and Jacques Wallage and the much younger campaign director Karin Adelmund De keuken van Kok Working for Labour provides a picture of the emotions ambitions tactics and the ups and downs of a long and tiring process filmcommissionnl