The Body Beautiful (1991)
The Body Beautiful
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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Madge Onwurah
as Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself
as Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself
Rosie Rowell
as Narrator (voice) Daughter
as Narrator (voice) Daughter
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
as The Daughter (as Sian Martin)
as The Daughter (as Sian Martin)
Brian Bovell
as Young Man
as Young Man
Maureen Douglass
as Young Mother
as Young Mother
Valentine Nonyela
as Peter
as Peter
Louis Altinson
as
as
Linda Dobson
as
as
Richard Gray
as
as
Haley McKay
as
as
Michael McKay
as
as
Nina McKay
as
as
Saffron Burrows
as Model
as Model
Nadja Carr
as Model
as Model
Ann Parks
as Model
as Model
Jane Yeomans
as Model
as Model
Novlet
as Model
as Model
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Mags Scholes
Boom Operator
Boom Operator
Richard Gray
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Director
Lin Solomon
Producer
Producer
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Writer
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Producer
Liz Webber
Editor
Editor
Peter Collis
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Kanayo Onwurah
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Jonathon Hirst
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Anthony Quigley
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Sarah Carr
Production Manager
Production Manager
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
