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See the multimedia-show "American Pictures"
shown 7000 times in American colleges and 13 other countries.
Part Two here
The videos below were all produced
for Danish TV, but can be seen since most of the dialogue is in English.
1.
"Jacob
Holdt in America"
Movie from Danish TV on the
work and life of Jacob Holdt in America
- here shown in its entirety. If you only want to see individual
chapters, you can choice
individual chapters here.
2.
"American
Pictures in the USA -
part 1"
A different low-budget documentary from Danish TV on Jacob Holdt's lecture tours in the USA.
(ca. 30 min.)
3.
"American
Pictures in the USA - part 2"
Part two of DK4's
documentary on Jacob Holdt's
work in the USA. Here is his debate with the
leader of the Ku Klux Klan,
whom he later made friends with.
(30 min.)
4.
"Jacob Holdt - An American love story"
Password: jh2017fes10val
Most recent movie about looking back at my life in American
colleges. Made for Danish Tv and cinemas in 2016.
5.
"Jacob and the Ku Klux
Klan"
A movie about a trip where I took the leader of the Ku Klux
Klan around America to meet my black friends in the ghettos ....and the tragedy
occurring when he shortly after decided to dissolve the Klan.
Note, that
some of these files have not yet
been converted from Flash!
6.
I bring a black woman to the KKK headquarter
My black friend entertains the Ku Klux Klan leader with stories about how many whites her family has killed and discusses affirmative action......for blacks and poor whites.
7.
A photo lecture on the people in my pictures
I talk about what happened since with
my friends whom I photographed in the 70'es. It is a very violent
narrative since there are not many bright stories.
8.
"A Portrait of
Jacob"
A British interview with me about my years as a penniless vagabond,
my photography and what later came out of it.
9.
"Jacob Holdt - on the road to myself"
A movie about me and the friends I
photographed made for
my exhibition in the Louisiana Museum
of Modern Art.
(English subtitles)
10.
I
talk about my
photography
A Portuguese interview made during photo festival in Amsterdam in
2008
11.
My ex-wife Annie on her childhood growing up with the KKK
12. "The apartheid in
our hearts can be overcome"
TV-documentary on how I for
a number of years housed up to 66 Arab refugees in my private
apartment in Copenhagen (6 min)
13.
Open letter to Obama
on Danish racism
Overt hostility toward minorities has today in
Denmark far outpaced the racism I encountered toward blacks in the
USA in the 1970's. Just as Americans today express gratitude for my
help as an outsider in addressing their racism, we are today many
Danes who ask for outside help to address our racism.
14.
Many more TV-interviews with
me in
Danish
Movies made by me about others:
Professor Sandra Ruffin's speech
during the Climate Conference in Copenhagen
Sound recordings in English:
1.
Interview on radio in Madison, WI
1986
It was made by Jeff Hansen 29th of Oct 1986
on WORT-FM to publicize my show that night in University of Wisconsin.
I still at that time call myself a vagabond, so much of the talk is
about hitchhiking in America with people calling in to talk about
their experiences.
Duration 1:30 time.
2.
Interview on radio in Madison, WI
1987
It was made by Jeff Hansen Feb 28th 1987 on WORT-FM to publicize my
show that night in University of Wisconsin.
It goes deeper into American social problems that the interview the
year before, but the beginning is missing.
Duration 1:13 hour. | 
