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The Body Beautiful

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6.2/10 • 14

1991-10-030h 25m

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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

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  1. Madge Onwurah

    Madge Onwurah

    Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

  2. Rosie Rowell

    Rosie Rowell

    Narrator (voice) Daughter

  3. Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

    Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

    The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

  4. Brian Bovell

    Brian Bovell

    Young Man

  5. Maureen Douglass

    Maureen Douglass

    Young Mother

  6. Valentine Nonyela

    Valentine Nonyela

    Peter

  7. Louis Altinson

    Louis Altinson

  8. Linda Dobson

    Linda Dobson

  9. Richard Gray

    Richard Gray

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
woman director