Black Venus

6.7 / 10

(112 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.

Country:

Belgium,

France

Genre:

History,

Drama

Duration:

159 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

Abdellatif Kechiche

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Company:

France 2 Cinéma,

MK2 Films,

CinéCinéma

Cast:
Yahima Torres

Saartjie Baartman

André Jacobs

Hendrick Caezar

Elina Löwensohn

Jeanne

Olivier Gourmet

Réaux

François Marthouret

Georges Cuvier

Crew:
Abdellatif Kechiche

Director

Florian Sanson

Production Design

Abdellatif Kechiche

Writer

Ghalya Lacroix

Writer

Lubomir Bakchev

Director of Photography