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The Body Beautiful

1991 | 23m | English

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Director: Ngozi Onwurah
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
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
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Full Credits

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
Organization Category Person
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