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The Body Beautiful

61.790000000000006 %|Oct 3, 1991|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Mags Scholes
Boom Operator
Richard Gray
Sound Recordist
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Lin Solomon
Producer
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Liz Webber
Editor
Peter Collis
Director of Photography