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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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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
Ann Parks
Model
Novlet
Model

Crew (14)

Directing

Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Kanayo Onwurah
Assistant Director

Writing

Production

Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Sarah Carr
Production Manager
Lin Solomon
Producer
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer

Sound

Mags Scholes
Boom Operator
Richard Gray
Sound Recordist
Jonathon Hirst
Original Music Composer
Anthony Quigley
Original Music Composer

Art

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Camera

Peter Collis
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

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Crew

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Editing

Liz Webber
Editor

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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