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  • The Life and Times of Sara Baartman (1998)
  • 53 min | Documentary
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The Life and Times of Sara Baartman (1998)
53 min | Documentary
The story of Sarah Baartman with the artist name "The Hottentot Venus" from South Africa. She was in 1789 exportet to Europe and travelled around in Eroupa in a freak show as an example as a missing link because of her baboon apron (...See moreThe story of Sarah Baartman with the artist name "The Hottentot Venus" from South Africa. She was in 1789 exportet to Europe and travelled around in Eroupa in a freak show as an example as a missing link because of her baboon apron (extreemly oversized labia).After her death her skeleton and labia were exhibitionned in the mused de l'hommes in Paris .In 1974 her remains were stowed away. In 1994 South Africa made claim on her remains and in 2002 she was disclosed to South Africa and got a burial with national honor near her birth place in South Africa . See less
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Director
Zola Maseko
Producer
Harriet Gavshon
Cinematographer
Giulio Biccari
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Updated Dec 31, 1998
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1998 (South Africa)
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