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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1991-10-03
- video_camera_front Companies BFI
- timer Runtime: 23 Mins
- star Rating: 6 / 10
- favorite Likes: 13 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0180563
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Madge Onwurah
Narrator (voice) Mother/Herself
Rosie Rowell
Narrator (voice) Daughter
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
The Daughter (as Sian Martin)
Brian Bovell
Young Man
Maureen Douglass
Young Mother
Valentine Nonyela
Peter
Louis Altinson
Linda Dobson
Richard Gray
Haley McKay
Michael McKay
Nina McKay
Saffron Burrows
Model
Nadja Carr
Model
Ann Parks
Model
Jane Yeomans
Model
Novlet
Model
groups Crew
Richard Gray
Sound Recordist
Mags Scholes
Boom Operator
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Lin Solomon
Producer
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Peter Collis
Director of Photography
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer
Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
Jonathon Hirst
Original Music Composer
Anthony Quigley
Original Music Composer
Liz Webber
Editor
Sarah Carr
Production Manager
Kanayo Onwurah
Assistant Director
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