Yellow Fever
AnimationDocumentary
★ 7.6·2012·0h 7m
What does beauty look like? In this award-winning short, Kenyan filmmaker Ng’endo Mukii combines animation, performance, and experimental techniques t...
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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)
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DIRECTOR
Ng'endo Mukii
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.