This daring, breathtaking portrayal of a white mother who gets a major mastectomy and her Black daughter who models shows the implications of body image and racial and sexual identity on their charged, extremely loving bond. Memory and fantasy interweave in Onwurah's exploration of her mother's despised sexuality. In an extraordinary tribute, the director stars her own mother, Madge Onwurah.
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This daring, breathtaking portrayal of a white mother who gets a major mastectomy and her Black daughter who models shows the implications of body image and racial and sexual identity on their charged, extremely loving bond. Memory and fantasy interweave in Onwurah's exploration of her mother's despised sexuality. In an extraordinary tribute, the director stars her own mother, Madge Onwurah.
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