Film
Yellow Fever
2012 · 7m · Animation · Documentary
- IMDb
- 7.2
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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.
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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
- Ng'endo MukiiDirector · Writer · Editor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 1, 2012
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 7m
- Genres
- Animation, Documentary
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