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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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