Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: AA029
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 760137123385
- Street Date: 05/22/18
- PreBook Date: 04/17/18
- Label: Arrow Academy »
- Genre: Drama
- Run Time: 162 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2010
- Region Code: A
- Box Lot: 0
- Territory: US
- Language: French
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Yahima Torres
- Andre Jacobs
- Olivier Gourmet
- Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Product Assets
Black Venus
- List Price: $39.95
- Your Price: $39.95
- In Stock: 124
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Between The Secret of the Grain, 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.
Bonus Materials
- 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 original and 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
