Black Venus

2010 • 165 minutes
4.7
3 reviews
100%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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Saartjie Baartman was taken from her 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...

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4.7
3 reviews
Cowan Amaye-Obu
July 3, 2020
This film is Noire, but like any masterpiece in art, it is a reflection of reality. The actress Yahima Torres was an Actress among Actresses in this piece and I may acclaim, it may have been the best performance of the decade, some may say the 21st Century thus far. Emotional, mortifying, enlightening, boundary crossing, and not for the faint of heart... I was sincerely moved
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Mztee Deschamps
August 27, 2018
Very Good & liked it... Of course it had it Sad moments.
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فرید مارزی
April 13, 2022
عالی
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