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Vénus noire (2010)
The Most Disturbing Movie Ever - And it was Unnecessary
I'm not going to summarize the movie as many of the other reviews have already done so. What I am going to tell you is that this movie is so graphic and so horrifying that it's not even worth watching. My friend and I went to see it at the Pan-African Film Festival thinking it was a documentary about the Hottentot Venus. What we got instead was an abusive dramatic film that was so disturbing it makes me question the writer's/director's intent.
The film goes into graphic detail of this Black woman's abuse and it drags on long after you get the point. There are many scenes that show Ms. Baartman being abused on public display in many different venues even when we as an audience have already gotten the point about how disgusting her abuse was. My friend and I walked out on the movie toward the end. We were trying to stick around for the Q & A but the movie eventually got so disgusting we couldn't watch any more. We saw droves of people sexually abuse this woman for a long period of time to the point where we couldn't endure this garbage any longer.
Also let me add, if you yourself have been sexually/physically abused, you definitely don't want to watch this film. It will trigger everything you've been trying to get rid of via therapy.
The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)
I was Robbed and it Certainly Wasn't Pleasurable.
I want the 70 minutes of my life back from having watched this film. THis film has no point, no plot, no answers NOTHING. I never did find out who or where those dang pets came from or what happened to them after. There was so much randomness that had nothing to do with anything else in the film and scenes that really made no sense.... Like why would cops let a girl loose in a zoo after arresting her for shoplifting? What the heck was the point of her imagining herself frolicking in ice water with a giant stuffed polar bear... mind you there are no other scenes where we see her having blatant hallucinations or a big imagination in other parts of the film. The film was just long and pointless and I really don't see how anyone can sit and pretend they "got" the film when there was nothing to get in the first place. I love indie films and artistic films. Even some of those indie, artistic, hipster films.... but this was just sheer garbage.