Basic Info
Release: October 03, 1991
Runtime: 25 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (15 votes)
Status: Released
The Body Beautiful
1991
25 min
⭐ 5.9/10
15 votes
Overview
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Madge Onwurah
Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself
Rosie Rowell
Narrator (voice) Daughter
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
The Daughter (as Sian Martin)
Brian Bovell
Young Man
Maureen Douglass
Young Mother
Valentine Nonyela
Peter
Louis Altinson
Linda Dobson
Richard Gray
Haley McKay
Michael McKay
Nina McKay
Crew
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Lin Solomon
Producer
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer
Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
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