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Yellow Fever

Name: Yellow Fever
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Duration: 7 min
Cast: Fumy Opeyemi, Chipo Kureya, Margaret Njeri Mereka, Sam Nokuzola Moyo, Abriani Njeri

Release Date:Release date TBD

Running Time:7 min

Genres:Animation, Documentary

Director

Ng'endo Mukii

Cast

Fumy Opeyemi Chipo Kureya Margaret Njeri Mereka Sam Nokuzola Moyo Abriani Njeri

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

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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.

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