Yellow Fever 2012

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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.

Homepage https://vimeo.com/122574484
Release Date 2012-09-01
Runtime 7m
Director Ng'endo Mukii
Producer
Writer Ng'endo Mukii