Yellow Fever (2012)

Yellow Fever

2012

Animation Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Ng'endo Mukii

Cast

Abriani Njeri as As Self (Voice)

Chipo Kureya as Dancer

Fumy Opeyemi as Dancer

Margaret Njeri Mereka as As Self (Voice)

Sam Nokuzola Moyo as Dancer

Crew

Alex MacNaughton (Cinematography)

Ng'endo Mukii (Editor)