The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful

Movie 1991-10-03 25m Drama
★ 6.2 / 10 · 17 votes

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.

Status
Released
Studio
BFI
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
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
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