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.
The Body Beautiful
1991
Action
The Body Beautiful
1991
Action
Keywords: woman director
Plot summary
The story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Saffron Burrows as Model
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 221.28 MB
1200*720
English 2.0
NR