Politics from a Black Woman's Insides

Genre : Documentary
Contemporary Issues : Anti-Black Racism
Politics from a Black Woman's Insides

Follow one woman's search for the Hottentot Venus, the legendary link between ape and human and icon of black female subjectivity. Edwards's film explores the construction of race through both scientific discourse on the body (as a body is graphically exposed for the camera by a forensic pathologist) and personal narratives by women who have struggled with the health care system.

Directors : Yuko Edwards
Markets : Documentary
Year Released : 1997
Color : Color
Country : US
Original Language : English
Streaming Partner : Alexander Street Press

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Awards

Winner of the Brooklyn Arts Council 32nd Annual Film & Video Festival

Screenings

1998 Women in the Director's Chair Film Festival
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Follow one woman's search for the Hottentot Venus, the legendary link between ape and human and icon of black female subjectivity. Edwards's film explores the construction of race through both scientific discourse on the body (as a body is graphically exposed for the camera by a forensic pathologist) and personal narratives by women who have struggled with the health care system.

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