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Yellow Fever (2012)

Name: Yellow Fever
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Released: 2012
Duration: 7 min

Directed by Ng'endo Mukii

Animation, Documentary · 7m

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 Dancer

Chipo Kureya Dancer

Margaret Njeri Mereka As Self (Voice)

Sam Nokuzola Moyo Dancer

Abriani Njeri As Self (Voice)

Crew

Director: Ng'endo Mukii
Writer: Ng'endo Mukii
Editor: Ng'endo Mukii

Details

Release date: 2012-09-01
Runtime: 7m
Genres: Animation, Documentary
Original language: EN
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Kenya, United Kingdom