Yellow Fever

Name: Yellow Fever
Director: Ng'endo Mukii
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Released: 2012-09-01
Duration: 7 min
Cast: Fumy Opeyemi, Chipo Kureya, Margaret Njeri Mereka, Sam Nokuzola Moyo, Abriani Njeri

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2012 · 7 min · Animation · Documentary · TMDB 7.6/10

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.

Directed by Ng'endo Mukii

Cast

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