Yellow Fever (2012)

Yellow Fever (2012)

2012-09-01 Kenya, United Kingdom 7 Min. PG-13
7.6 7 votes

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.

Cast

Fumy Opeyemi is Dancer
Dancer
Chipo Kureya is Dancer
Dancer
Margaret Njeri Mereka is As Self (Voice)
As Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola Moyo is Dancer
Dancer
Abriani Njeri is As Self (Voice)
As Self (Voice)

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