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The Body Beautiful (1991)

ALL 10/03/1991 (en) Drama 23 Min
  • Release
    10/03/1991
  • Production
    BFI
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    The Body Beautiful
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Ngozi Onwurah

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Liz Webber

    Editor



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The Body Beautiful (1991) 23 Min

ALL 10/03/1991 (en)
Drama
  • Release 10/03/1991
  • Production
    BFI
  • Original title The Body Beautiful
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Ngozi Onwurah

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Liz Webber

    Editor

  4. Lin Solomon, Simon Onwurah

    Producer



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