The Body Beautiful
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.
About The Body Beautiful (1991)
Released in 1991, The Body Beautiful is a drama film from BFI (United Kingdom). It was directed by Ngozi Onwurah and written by Ngozi Onwurah. The cast is led by Madge Onwurah, Rosie Rowell, Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, Brian Bovell and Maureen Douglass. With a runtime of 25m, the film averages 6.3/10 across 19 TMDB ratings.
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