The Body Beautiful (1991)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.419 |
Directed By
Ngozi Onwurah
Crew
Mags Scholes
Richard Gray
Ngozi Onwurah
Lin Solomon
Ngozi Onwurah
Simon Onwurah
Liz Webber
Peter Collis
Kate Ogborn
Kanayo Onwurah
Jonathon Hirst
Anthony Quigley
Sarah Carr
Ben Gibson
TOP 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
Saffron Burrows
Model
Nadja Carr
Model
Ann Parks
Model
Jane Yeomans
Model
Novlet
Model
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