Black Venus
β 6.6 Β· 2010 Β· 159m Β· History Β· Drama
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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