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Black Venus

Black Venus (2010)

2010-10-27 · 159 min · Rating 6.60/10 (119 votes)

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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african woman anatomist aristocrat brothel colonialism domestic life exhibition france humiliation london, england paris, france pneumonia poverty prostitution racism sexually transmitted disease south africa

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