Movie

Yellow Fever

★ 7.6/10 · 7 votes 2012 0h 7m Released

AnimationDocumentary

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.

Cast

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