The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful

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The Body Beautiful

1991

0h 25m

6.2(17 votes)

Drama

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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BFI

Cast & Crew

17 members

Acting

Madge Onwurah

Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

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Rosie Rowell

Narrator (voice) Daughter

Rosie Rowell

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Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

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Brian Bovell

Young Man

Brian Bovell

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Maureen Douglass

Young Mother

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Valentine Nonyela

Peter

Valentine Nonyela

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Louis Altinson

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Linda Dobson

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Directing

Richard Gray

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Haley McKay

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Michael McKay

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Nina McKay

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Saffron Burrows

Model

Saffron Burrows

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Nadja Carr

Model

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Ann Parks

Model

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Jane Yeomans

Model

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Novlet

Model

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