The Body Beautiful
1991 | 23m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Ngozi Onwurah |
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| Writer: | Ngozi Onwurah |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 03, 1991 |
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| Director: | Ngozi Onwurah |
| Writer: | Ngozi Onwurah |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | woman director |
| Production Companies | BFI |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jonathon Hirst | Original Music Composer |
| Sarah Carr | Production Manager |
| Kanayo Onwurah | Assistant Director |
| Anthony Quigley | Original Music Composer |
| Liz Webber | Editor |
| Peter Collis | Director of Photography |
| Richard Gray | Sound Recordist |
| Mags Scholes | Boom Operator |
| Ngozi Onwurah | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lin Solomon | Producer |
| Simon Onwurah | Producer |
| Kate Ogborn | Executive Producer |
| Ben Gibson | Executive Producer |
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