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.
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Stars:
- Ng'endo Mukii
Writing:
- Ng'endo Mukii
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Release Date: 2012-09-01
7.6/10
7.6/10
- Country: KE, GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 7
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