
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.
The Body Beautiful
October 3, 1991
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Cast (17)

Madge Onwurah
Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

Rosie Rowell
Narrator (voice) Daughter

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

Brian Bovell
Young Man

Maureen Douglass
Young Mother

Valentine Nonyela
Peter

Louis Altinson
N/A

Linda Dobson
N/A

Richard Gray
N/A

Haley McKay
N/A

Michael McKay
N/A

Nina McKay
N/A

Saffron Burrows
Model

Nadja Carr
Model

Ann Parks
Model

Jane Yeomans
Model

Novlet
Model
Crew (14)
Directing

Ngozi Onwurah
Director

Kanayo Onwurah
Assistant Director
Writing

Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Production

Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer

Lin Solomon
Producer

Simon Onwurah
Producer

Sarah Carr
Production Manager

Ben Gibson
Executive Producer
Sound

Mags Scholes
Boom Operator

Anthony Quigley
Original Music Composer

Richard Gray
Sound Recordist

Jonathon Hirst
Original Music Composer
Art
No data availableCamera

Peter Collis
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Liz Webber
Editor