The Body Beautiful (1991)
23m
Running Time
October 3, 1991Release Date
The Body Beautiful (1991)
23m
Running Time
October 3, 1991Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.


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Cast & Crew.

Madge 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

Haley McKay

Michael McKay

Saffron Burrows
Model

Nadja Carr
Model

Ann Parks
Model

Jane Yeomans
Model

Novlet
Model

Richard Gray
Sound Recordist

Mags Scholes
Boom Operator

Simon Onwurah
Producer

Lin Solomon
Producer

Ngozi Onwurah
Director / Writer

Peter Collis
Director of Photography

Ben Gibson
Executive Producer

Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer

Jonathon Hirst
Original Music Composer

Anthony Quigley
Original Music Composer

Liz Webber
Editor

Sarah Carr
Production Manager

Kanayo Onwurah
Assistant Director

Nina McKay
Media.

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