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.
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Release date
03/10/1991
Votes
18
Popularity
1.1
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
Nina McKay
Saffron Burrows
Model
Nadja Carr
Model
Ann Parks
Model
Jane Yeomans
Model
Novlet
Model
Original Soundtrack
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My Life Without Me
Bollywood/Hollywood
A Tree in Tanjung Malim
H and G
I am: I am Robot
Mixed Christmas
Caleb
Love for Share
Chants of Lotus
Against Their Will
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
Raw
Jingga
Ma fille est innocente
Awakened
My Life as a Comedian
The Arsonist’s Daughter
The Secret Life of Words
Lost in Translation