Yellow Fever (2012)

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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Fumy Opeyemi
as Dancer

Chipo Kureya
as Dancer

Margaret Njeri Mereka
as As Self (Voice)

Sam Nokuzola Moyo
as Dancer

Abriani Njeri
as As Self (Voice)

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Ng'endo Mukii
Director

Ng'endo Mukii
Writer

James Hynes
Sound Mixer

Kadialy Kouyate
Music

Alex MacNaughton
Cinematography

Ng'endo Mukii
Editor

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