Directed by:
Abdellatif KechicheScreenplay:
Ghalia LacroixCinematography:
Lubomir BakchevComposer:
Slaheddine KechicheCast:
Yahima Torres, Olivier Gourmet, Elina Löwensohn, François Marthouret, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Jeanne Corporon, Ralph Amoussou (more)Plots(1)
A stark portrait of the life of Saartjie Baartman, also known as the Hottentot Venus. Baartman was taken from South African home as a 21-year-old and shipped to Georgian London, where she would be caged and exhibited as a freak show. Presented semi-nude, her physique especially her large buttocks was the source of much curiosity. But as her fame spread, so too did her exploitation. Centered on a remarkable performance by Cuban actor Yahima Torres as Baartman, Black Venus provides a bleak but barbed exploration of sex, science, race, colonialism and social attitudes. (Arrow Academy)
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