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Yellow Fever
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Yellow Fever

2012-09-01 · 7 min · ★ 7.6

Animation · Documentary

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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Directors
Ng'endo Mukii
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Countries
Kenya, United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Fumy OpeyemiDancer
Chipo KureyaChipo KureyaDancer
Margaret Njeri MerekaAs Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola MoyoSam Nokuzola MoyoDancer
Abriani NjeriAs Self (Voice)

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