The Body Beautiful
- Released on
- Runtime
- 25 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Madge Onwurah
- Rosie Rowell
- Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
- Brian Bovell
- Maureen Douglass
- Valentine Nonyela
- Louis Altinson
- Linda Dobson
- Richard Gray
- Haley McKay
- Michael McKay
- Nina McKay
- Saffron Burrows
- Nadja Carr
- Ann Parks
- Jane Yeomans
- Novlet
Director
- Ngozi Onwurah
Producers
- Simon Onwurah
- Lin Solomon
