Storyline
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Fumy Opeyemi
Dancer
Chipo Kureya
Dancer
Margaret Njeri Mereka
As Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola Moyo
Dancer
Abriani Njeri
As Self (Voice)
Frequently Asked Questions
Yellow Fever was released on September 1, 2012.
The runtime of Yellow Fever is 7m.
Yellow Fever is a Animation, Documentary movie.
Yellow Fever has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 on TMDB.
Yellow Fever is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Yellow Fever was directed by Ng'endo Mukii.
The main cast of Yellow Fever includes Fumy Opeyemi, Chipo Kureya, Margaret Njeri Mereka.
Yellow Fever is originally in English.