The Life and Times of Sara Bartman--"The Hottentot Venus" Movie Review 1998

Documentary of Sara Bartman, a young Khoi San woman who was taken from South Africa and exhibited around Europe as a representation of savage sexuality and racial inferiority. During 1814 she was taken to France to be a subject of scientific and medical research that became the basis for ideas regarding black female sexuality.

Distribution

First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11201, Phone: (718)488-8900, Fax: (718)488-8642, Email: mailroom@frif.com, URL: http://www.frif.com

Available on VHS
Running time 52 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Africa, Documentary Films, Women