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Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever

7,6 /10 (7 Votes)
2012 EN 7 min

Overview

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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Release date

01/09/2012

Votes

7

Popularity

0.3

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

7 min

Website

vimeo.com

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