Relationship With Sapphire
The film Precious premiered in Denmark in February 2010. Jacob Holdt was invited to introduce the event. In an interview reported in the Danish newspaper Politiken, he speaks emotionally of the time he spent with Sapphire in the 1980s in Harlem. They inspired each other and shared a deep interest in issues of oppression having both explored it from the street level.
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