Yellow Fever

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Fumy Opeyemi

Dancer

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Chipo Kureya

Dancer

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Margaret Njeri Mereka

As Self (Voice)

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Sam Nokuzola Moyo

Dancer

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Abriani Njeri

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ng'endo Mukii
Writing	Writer	Ng'endo Mukii
Sound	Music	Kadialy Kouyate
	Sound Mixer	James Hynes
Crew	Cinematography	Alex MacNaughton
Editing	Editor	Ng'endo Mukii
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