Film · Animation, Documentary
Yellow Fever (2012)
★ 7.6 · 7 votes7 minAnimation, Documentary2012
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
- Country
- Kenya, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 1, 2012
Cast
- Fumy OpeyemiDancer
Chipo KureyaDancer- Margaret Njeri MerekaAs Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola MoyoDancer- Abriani NjeriAs Self (Voice)
