Further Details

Title: Black Venus
Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
EAN: 5027035019031
Genre: Performing Arts
Release Date: 21/05/2018
Studio: Arrow Academy
Language: English, French, English
Subtitle Language: English
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Actor: Yahima Torres, Andre Jacobs, Olivier Gourmet, Elina Löwensohn
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hours and 42 minutes
Region Code: Blu-ray: B (Europe, AU, NZ, Africa...)
Description: Between Couscous, winner of three César Awards, and the Cannes triumph of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche made Black Venus, a stark portrait of the life of Saartjie Baartman, also known as the Hottentot Venus .

Baartman was taken from South African home as a 21-year-old and shipped to Georgian London, where she would be caged and exhibited as a freak show. Presented semi-nude, her physique especially her large buttocks was the source of much curiosity. But as her fame spread, so too did her exploitation...

Centred on a remarkable performance by Cuban actor Yahima Torres as Baartman, Black Venus provides a bleak but barbed exploration of sex, science, race, colonialism and social attitudes.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

* High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
* Optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
* Optional English subtitles
* Brand-new appreciation of Black Venus and the cinema of Abdellatif Kechiche by critic Neil Young
* Theatrical trailer
* Reversible sleeve featuring and original newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
* FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Will Higbee, author of Post-Beur Cinema: North African Émigré and Maghrebi-French Filmmaking in France Since 2000
Release Year: 2018

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