The Body Beautiful
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The Body Beautiful

6.4 / 10 | 2h | United Kingdom
1991 | Short
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.

Cast List (16)

Ngozi Onwurah
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Madge Onwurah
Madge Onwurah
Self - Mother
Rosie Rowell
Rosie Rowell
Daughter
Sian Martin
Sian Martin
Daughter
Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell
Young Man
Maureen Douglass
Maureen Douglass
Young Mother
Valentine Nonyela
Valentine Nonyela
Peter
Saffron Burrows
Saffron Burrows
Model
Novlet
Novlet
Model
Ann Parks
Ann Parks
Model
Jane Yeomans
Jane Yeomans
Model
Nadja Carr
Nadja Carr
Model
Ngozi Onwurah
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Nancy Robinson
Nancy Robinson
Writer
Ian Swash
Ian Swash
Writer
Janet Ruth Heller
Janet Ruth Heller
Writer

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