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Yellow Fever (2012)

Genre : Animation, Documentary

Runtime : 7M

Director : Ng'endo Mukii

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Ng'endo Mukii
Ng'endo Mukii
Director
Ng'endo Mukii
Ng'endo Mukii
Writer
Kadialy Kouyate
Kadialy Kouyate
Music
Alex MacNaughton
Alex MacNaughton
Cinematography
Ng'endo Mukii
Ng'endo Mukii
Editor
James Hynes
James Hynes
Sound Mixer

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