The Body Beautiful

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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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 3, 1991
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BFI
Cast: Richard Gray,Saffron Burrows,Nina McKay,Ann Parks,Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre,Maureen Douglass,Haley McKay,Valentine Nonyela,Madge Onwurah,Louis Altinsonand 7 more
Director: Ngozi Onwurah
Writer: Ngozi Onwurah
Producer: Kate Ogborn,Simon Onwurah,Ben Gibson,Lin Solomon
Cinematography: Peter Collis
Music: Jonathon Hirst,Anthony Quigley
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0180563