The Body Beautiful (1991)
1991 · 0h 25m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Ngozi Onwurah
Writers: Ngozi Onwurah
Music by: Jonathon Hirst, Anthony Quigley
Cinematography: Peter Collis
Editor: Liz Webber
Cast
Madge Onwurah as Narrator (voice) Mother/HerselfRosie Rowell as Narrator (voice) DaughterSian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre as The Daughter (as Sian Martin)Brian Bovell as Young ManMaureen Douglass as Young MotherValentine Nonyela as PeterLouis AltinsonLinda DobsonRichard GrayHaley McKayMichael McKayNina McKayMore like this
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