Film: Old Heart

This special event with Edward Gines and Eva Doueri from Amsterdam honors the black liberators from the Second World War that the Netherlands have liberated. A conversation with a historian after the screening emphasizes this award -winning feature film that is largely set in Veldhoven. The film was filmed on location in Brabant and Michigan and is based on the novel by Peter Ferry. For more information, visit OldHeartmovie.com and The story:

In this current film about humanitarian aid, Soldier Tom Johnson works together with the Dutch translator Sarah van Praag to smuggle food and stocks to starving people in the north who are stuck behind the German Lines during the hunger winter of 1944-1945. Their romance breaks down and sixty years later he returns to the Netherlands to reconnect with the love of his life.