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I just recently heard that someone was making a movie about Sara Baartman, the 18th century young Khoisan woman publicly exhibited as a circus freak in Europe and whose sexual organs were prodded and examined by racist French scientists to prove the Khoi’s close relation to animals. The film is directed by French-Tunisian film director Abdellatif Kechiche. From the reviews, it seems like an emotional rollercoaster. I doubt it'll get a large release due to subject matter, but it's making its run through the film festivals and it's good to see someone making a movie about what racism really looked like and how dehumanizing it was.
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