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Parigi, 1817, Accademia Reale di Medicina. "Non ho mai visto testa umana più simile a quella delle scimmie". Di fronte al calco del corpo di Saartjie Baartman, l'anatomista Georges Cuvier è categorico. Un parterre di distinti colleghi applaude la dimostrazione. Sette anni prima, Saartjie lasciava l'Africa del Sud con il suo padrone, Caezar, per andare ad offrire il suo corpo in pasto al pubblico londinese delle fiere e degli zoo umani. Donna libera e schiava al tempo stesso, la "Venere ottentotta" era l'icona dei bassifondi, promessa al miraggio di un'ascesa dorata...
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Black Venus (2010)
159 min
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.