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Yellow Fever

Plot: 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
Release Date: Saturday, September 1 2012
12 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Fumy OpeyemiFumy Opeyemi
Fumy Opeyemi was
>> in Yellow Fever
as 'Dancer'.
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Portrait of Chipo KureyaChipo Kureya
Chipo Kureya was
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as 'Dancer'.
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Portrait of Margaret Njeri MerekaMargaret Njeri Mereka
Margaret Njeri Mereka was
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as 'As Self (Voice)'.
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Portrait of Sam Nokuzola MoyoSam Nokuzola Moyo
Sam Nokuzola Moyo was
>> in Yellow Fever
as 'Dancer'.
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Portrait of Abriani NjeriAbriani Njeri
Abriani Njeri was
>> in Yellow Fever
as 'As Self (Voice)'.
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Crew

Portrait of Ng'endo MukiiNg'endo Mukii
Ng'endo Mukii was
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as 'Director, Writer, Editor'
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Portrait of Kadialy KouyateKadialy Kouyate
Kadialy Kouyate was
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as 'Music'
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Portrait of Alex MacNaughtonAlex MacNaughton
Alex MacNaughton was
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as 'Cinematography'
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Portrait of James HynesJames Hynes
James Hynes was
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as 'Sound Mixer'
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