Yellow Fever (2012)

Run Time: 0h7m | Release: 01 Sep 2012

Production Countries: Kenya, United Kingdom

7.6 / 107 Vote Count

Overview:

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.