
The Body Beautiful
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Madge Onwurah
Madge Onwurah
Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself
Madge Onwurah
Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself


Rosie Rowell
Rosie Rowell
Narrator (voice) Daughter
Rosie Rowell
Narrator (voice) Daughter


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


Brian Bovell
Brian Bovell
Young Man
Brian Bovell
Young Man
Maureen Douglass
Maureen Douglass
Young Mother
Maureen Douglass
Young Mother


Valentine Nonyela
Valentine Nonyela
Peter
Valentine Nonyela
Peter
Louis Altinson
Louis Altinson
Louis Altinson
Linda Dobson
Linda Dobson
Linda Dobson
Richard Gray
Richard Gray
Richard Gray
Haley McKay
Haley McKay
Haley McKay
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