The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful

1991
25m
6.0

6.0/10

16 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
BFI
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

woman director

Quick Facts

Release Date October 3, 1991
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0180563

Cast

Madge Onwurah
Madge Onwurah

Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

Rosie Rowell
Rosie Rowell

Narrator (voice) Daughter

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell

Young Man

Maureen Douglass
Maureen Douglass

Young Mother

Valentine Nonyela
Valentine Nonyela

Peter

Louis Altinson
Louis Altinson

Linda Dobson
Linda Dobson

Richard Gray
Richard Gray

Haley McKay
Haley McKay

Michael McKay
Michael McKay

Nina McKay
Nina McKay

Key Crew

Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Lin Solomon
Producer
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer