The Body Beautiful

Name: The Body Beautiful
Cast: Madge Onwurah, Rosie Rowell, Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, Brian Bovell, Maureen Douglass

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Ngozi OnwurahProducers: Ben Gibson, Kate Ogborn, Lin Solomon, Simon Onwurah

Madge Onwurah

as Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself

Rosie Rowell

as Narrator (voice) Daughter

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

as The Daughter (as Sian Martin)

Brian Bovell

as Young Man

Maureen Douglass

as Young Mother

Valentine Nonyela

as Peter

Louis Altinson

Linda Dobson

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