The Body Beautiful
Film duration:
23
Year:
1990
Distribution status:
Legacy
Countries:
United Kingdom
Original format:
16mm
Colour:
Colour
This bold exploration of the relationship between a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modelling 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 film-maker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Description Source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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