Autobiographical account of a mother-daughter relationship, exploring beauty standards and female sexuality.

This autobiographical narrative redefines female beauty and sexuality by reflecting on filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah's relationship with her mother. Onwurah's discovery of her sexual appeal as a young model is combined with an intimate account of her mother Madge's experience of desexualisation after having a mastectomy. The cinematic treatment of the female body challenges viewers to acknowledge the rarely-seen sexuality and desire of (mature) women, outside of dominant beauty standards.

An examination of the real-life relationship between the director and her mother Madge. Using flashbacks and reminiscences by both women, the film takes us through the childhood experiences previously explored in Onwurah's earlier film Coffee Coloured Children.