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The Body Beautiful

  • 1991
  • 23m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
244
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Sian Martin in The Body Beautiful (1991)
Short

The story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.The story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.The story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.

  • Director
    • Ngozi Onwurah
  • Writers
    • Ngozi Onwurah
    • Nancy Robinson
    • Ian Swash
  • Stars
    • Madge Onwurah
    • Rosie Rowell
    • Sian Martin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    244
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ngozi Onwurah
    • Writers
      • Ngozi Onwurah
      • Nancy Robinson
      • Ian Swash
    • Stars
      • Madge Onwurah
      • Rosie Rowell
      • Sian Martin
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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      • 1 win total

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    Madge Onwurah
    • Self - Mother
    Rosie Rowell
    • Daughter
    • (voice)
    Sian Martin
    • Daughter
    Brian Bovell
    Brian Bovell
    • Young Man
    Maureen Douglass
    • Young Mother
    Louis Altinson
    Linda Dobson
    Richard Gray
    Haley McKay
    Michael McKay
    Nina McKay
    Valentine Nonyela
    Valentine Nonyela
    • Peter
    Saffron Burrows
    Saffron Burrows
    • Model
    • (as Saffron)
    Novlet
    • Model
    Ann Parks
    • Model
    Jane Yeomans
    • Model
    Nadja Carr
    • Model
    • Director
      • Ngozi Onwurah
    • Writers
      • Ngozi Onwurah
      • Nancy Robinson
      • Ian Swash
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    8fireball728

    Sweet, moving short film

    An autobiographical, pseudo-documentary with re-enactments about director Ngozi Onwurah and her mother, Madge. The film is told from the perspective of Madge, and it examines her feelings about her own mastectomy and her feelings of inadequacy over her own body while at the same time exploring Ngozi's relationship with her mother. Examining such issues and body image (through Ngozi's mother's feelings about her own body and through Ngozi's job as a model) and racial identity (Ngozi was born to a Caucasian mother and African-American father), I thought it was a very sweet, beautiful film about the bond between a mother and her daughter as well as an examination of what it means to truly be a woman.

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    • Release date
      • July 13, 1991 (New Zealand)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • British Film Institute (BFI)
      • Channel 4 Television
      • Non-Aligned Films
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      • 23m
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