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.
Director: Ng'endo Mukii
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Fumy Opeyemi as Dancer |
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Chipo Kureya as Dancer |
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Margaret Njeri Mereka as As Self (Voice) |
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Sam Nokuzola Moyo as Dancer |
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Abriani Njeri as As Self (Voice) |
| Directing | Ng'endo Mukii | Director |
| Writing | Ng'endo Mukii | Writer |
| Sound | James Hynes | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kadialy Kouyate | Music |
| Crew | Alex MacNaughton | Cinematography |
| Editing | Ng'endo Mukii | Editor |
