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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Ng'endo Mukii Director
First release September 1, 2012 · Produced in Kenya, United Kingdom
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Kenya · United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 1, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
November 14, 2019 · Theatrical · Afrikanisches Filmfestival Hamburg 2019
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