Release Date

01 Sep, 2012

Runtime

00:07: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Fumy Opeyemi

Chipo Kureya

Margaret Njeri Mereka

Sam Nokuzola Moyo

Abriani Njeri

Crew

Ng'endo Mukii

Ng'endo Mukii

James Hynes

Alex MacNaughton

Kadialy Kouyate

Ng'endo Mukii