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Black Venus
★ 6.6· 2010· 159 min· Popularity 1
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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.
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Release Date: 10/27/2010
Runtime: 159 minutes
Languages: Afrikaans, French, English, Dutch
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
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Companies: MK2 Films, France 2 Cinéma, Artémis Productions
Countries: France, Belgium
Where to watch · US
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london, englandfranceparis, francebrothelsouth africapneumoniadomestic liferacismpovertyprostitutionhumiliationexhibitionaristocratcolonialismanatomistafrican womansexually transmitted disease
