Yellow Fever
2012•7m•7.6•Released
AnimationDocumentary
What does beauty look like? In this award-winning short, Kenyan filmmaker Ng’endo Mukii combines animation, performance, and experimental techniques to create a visually arresting and psychologically penetrating exploration of the insidious impact of Western beauty standards and media-created ideals on African women’s perceptions of themselves. From hair-straightening to skin-lightening, YELLOW FEVER unpacks the cultural and historical forces that have long made Black women uncomfortable, literally, in their own skin.
Director
Ng'endo Mukii
Writer
Ng'endo Mukii
Languages
English
Cast
Fumy Opeyemi
Dancer
Chipo Kureya
Dancer
Margaret Njeri Mereka
As Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola Moyo
Dancer
Abriani Njeri
As Self (Voice)
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