(Yellow Fever)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Kenya,

United Kingdom

Genres:

Animation,

Documentary

Runtime:

7 minutes

Year:

2012

Directors:

Ng'endo Mukii

Actors:

Dancer

Dancer

As Self (Voice)

Dancer

As Self (Voice)

Crews:

Director

Writer

Sound Mixer

Music

Cinematography