Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever (2012)

7.6 7 min Movie
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.

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Cast

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

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