The Body Beautiful
The Body Beautiful (1991)
10/03/1991 - Drama - 23min
62%
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.
Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Revenue

$0.00

Main 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

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