

The Body Beautiful
Visit website6.2/10 • 14
1991-10-03 • 0h 23m
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.
- Directors
- Ngozi Onwurah
- Writters
- Ngozi Onwurah
- Editors
- Ngozi Onwurah, Liz Webber

The Body Beautiful
Visit website1991-10-03 • 0h 23m
6.2/10 • 14
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.
- Directors
- Ngozi Onwurah
- Writters
- Ngozi Onwurah
- Editors
- Ngozi Onwurah, Liz Webber
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMadge 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
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- woman director