Black Venus

History, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Abdellatif Kechiche

Status Released

Release Date 2010-10-27

Storyline

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.