The Life and Times of Sarah Baartman is a 1998 South African documentary film directed by Zola Maseko.
Even after her death the following year, she became a symbol for African cultural inferiority and her sex organs and brain were displayed at the Musee de l'Homme until 1985.
[1][2] Zola Maseko travelled to Paris to look at a plaster cast of Baartman's body at the Musee de l'Homme.
[1] Writing in the journal H-AfriLitCine, Miriam Ma'at-Ka-Re Monges called it "an excellent film" and said she "would recommend that it be made a part of the video library of African, African-American and Women's Studies programs.
"[5] Jane Bryce of the African Studies Review Journal wrote: "Maseko’s film makes its case with poignancy and compassion; imaginative use of historical documents and artistic representations, in-depth research and a wide range of contemporary expert opinion.