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The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus"
- Title
- The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" / directed by Zola Maseko.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Maseko, Zola, 1967-
- Brown, Adrian.
- Farasani, Hlengiwe.
- Brooks, Philip, 1953-2003
- Gavshon, Harriet
- Tobias, Phillip V.
- Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier.
- Abrahams, Yvette.
- Martin, S. (Steve)
- Daubney, Brian.
- Docin-Julien, Christian
- Dominant 7 (Firm)
- Mail & Guardian Television.
- Société nationale de programme France-Régions.
- South African Broadcasting Corporation.
- First Run/Icarus Films.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A documentary film of the life a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
- Alternative Title
- Hottentot Venus
- Subject
- Baartman, Sarah
- Khoikhoi (African people) > Biography
- Women, Black > South Africa > Biography
- Indigenous peoples > Exhibitions
- Human beings > Exhibitions
- Exhibitions > Great Britain
- Somatotypes > Europe > History > 19th century
- Racism > Europe > History > 19th century
- Racism in anthropology > Europe > History > 19th century
- Racism in popular culture > Europe > History > 19th century
- Human body > Social aspects > Africa
- Human body > Social aspects > Europe
- Africa > Foreign public opinion, European > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- Documentary television programs.
- Biographical television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- Credits (note)
- Producers, Philip Brooks, Harriet Gavshon ; screenwriter, Christian Docin-Julien ; cinematographer, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Lise Beaulieu ; composer, Pops Mohamed ; Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2 present.
- System Details (note)
- VHS
- Language (note)
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-758
- OCLC
- 42139617
- Title
- The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" / directed by Zola Maseko.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Performer
- Commentary: Phillip Tobias, Francois-Xavier Fauvelle, Yvette Abrahams, Steve Martin, Brian Daubney.Voices, Zola Maseko, Adrian Brown, Hlengiwe Farasani.
- Credits
- Producers, Philip Brooks, Harriet Gavshon ; screenwriter, Christian Docin-Julien ; cinematographer, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Lise Beaulieu ; composer, Pops Mohamed ; Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2 present.
- System Details
- VHS
- Language
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Maseko, Zola, 1967- film director.Brown, Adrian.Farasani, Hlengiwe.Brooks, Philip, 1953-2003, film producer.Gavshon, Harriet, film producer.Tobias, Phillip V.Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier.Abrahams, Yvette.Martin, S. (Steve)Daubney, Brian.Docin-Julien, Christian, screenwriter.Dominant 7 (Firm)Mail & Guardian Television.Société nationale de programme France-Régions.South African Broadcasting Corporation.First Run/Icarus Films.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-758