Movies like Yellow Fever (2012)

Name: Yellow Fever
Director: Ng'endo Mukii
Genre: Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Short
Released: 2012-09-01
Duration: 7 Min
Rating: 7
Cast: Chipo Kureya, Sam Nokuzola Moyo, Margaret Njeri Mereka

Yellow Fever (2012)

Kenya7Min

7 ( 86 Votes )

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.