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The Body Beautiful (1991)

The Body Beautiful (1991)

Drama
Release Date: 1991, October 3
Directors: Ngozi Onwurah
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BFI
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Valentine Nonyela, Brian Bovell, Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, Rosie Rowell, Madge Onwurah, Maureen Douglass, Nadja Carr, Ann Parks, Jane Yeomans, Novlet

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.

Keywords:

woman director