简介：http://www.frif.com/new99/hottento.html When20yearoldSaraBaartmangotonaboatthatwastotakeherfromCapeTowntoLondonin1810,shecouldnothaveknownthatshewouldwouldneverseeherhomeagain.Nor,asshestoodonthedeckandsawherhomelanddisappearbehindhercouldshehaveknownthatshewouldbecometheiconofracialinferiorityandblackfemalesexualityforthenext100years. THELIFEANDTIMESOFSARABAARTMANisthefascinatingstoryofthisKhoiKhoiwomanwhowastakenfromSouthAfrica,andthenexhibitedasafreakacrossBritain.Theimageandideaof"TheHottentotVenus"sweptthroughBritishpopularculture.Acourtbattlewagedbyabolitioniststofreeherfromherexhibitorsfailed. In1814shewastakentoFrance,andbecametheobjectofscientificandmedicalresearchthatformedthebedrockofEuropeanideasaboutblackfemalesexuality.Shediedthenextyear.Butevenafterherdeath,SaraBaartmanremainedanobjectofimperialistscientificinvestigation.InthenameofScience,hersexualorgansandbrainweredisplayedintheMuseedel'HommeinParisuntilasrecentlyas1985. Usinghistoricaldrawings,cartoons,legaldocuments,andinterviewswithnotedculturalhistoriansandanthropologists,THELIFEANDTIMESOFSARABAARTMANdeconstructsthesocial,political,scientificandphilosophicalassumptionswhichtransformedoneyoungAfricanwomanintoarepresentationofsavagesexualityandracialinferiority. Atellingandquitepowerfulfilm.Itwouldbeveryappropriateforanyclassinthehistoryofracismorcolonialhistory."—AmericanHistoricalReview "Anexcellentfilm...IwouldrecommendthatitbemadeapartofthevideolibraryofAfrican,African-AmericanandWomen'sStudiesprograms.Itisvaluableforscholarlypurposesbecausetheissuesofcolonialism,racism,enslavement,scientificracism,andbeautystandardsarecoveredhereinthestoryofSaraBaartman,theHottentotVenus."—Dr.MiriamMa'at-Ka-ReMonges,CaliforniaStateUniversity,forH-AfriLitCine "Poignant,mesmerizingandinformative..."—NeilParsons,UniversityofBotswanaforH-SAfrica "Thefilmattemptstochangewaysofthinking,topreventthepropagationofdiscrimination...itpersuadespeopletobehaveinademocraticmanner,andaimstoproducenewresponsestoracism:resistanceinsteadofacceptance."—AfricanMediaProject "Excellent...AnimportantfilmthatnotonlyportraysthetragiclifeofanAfricanwoman,butitwillforcetheviewertoconsidermanylargerissuesrelatedtothetreatmentandperceptionofBlacks."—AnthropologyReviewDatabase **BestAfricanDocumentary,1999FESPACOAfricanFilmFestival(OuagadougouBurkinaFaso) **BestDocumentary,1999MilanAfricanFilmFestival(Italy) **2001AfricanLiteratureAssociationConferenceFilmFestival **1999,2000&2001AfricanStudiesAssociationConferenceFilmFestivals **2000NationalWomen'sStudiesAssociationConferenceFilmFestival **2000AmericanAnthropologicalAssociationConferenceFilmFestival…