Black Venus

Name: Black Venus
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2010-10-27
Duration: 2 h 39 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Yahima Torres, André Jacobs, Olivier Gourmet, Elina Löwensohn, François Marthouret

Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche

History

Drama

20102h 39m6.6

Overview

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.