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.
Cast & Crew
FO
Fumy Opeyemi
Dancer
Lead
Chipo Kureya
Dancer
MN
Margaret Njeri Mereka
As Self (Voice)
Sam Nokuzola Moyo
Dancer
AN
Abriani Njeri
As Self (Voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ng'endo Mukii's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Yellow Fever is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
