Yellow Fever
2012·7m
7.6/ 10 (7 votes)
AnimationDocumentary
Overview
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
Writers
Ng'endo Mukii
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Cast
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Fumy Opeyemi
Dancer
Chipo Kureya
Dancer
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Margaret Njeri Mereka
As Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola Moyo
Dancer
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Abriani Njeri
As Self (Voice)
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
