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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- Released
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- racism
- skin
- woman director
- colorism
- short film
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Top Cast
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, Writer
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