Yellow Fever (2012)

Directed by

Ng'endo Mukii

Genre

animation, documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

7 min

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short animated documentary explores how Western beauty standards affect African women's views on their own skin and hair. The filmmaker combines personal narration with animation to show her own experiences and those of other women dealing with skin lightening and hair straightening.

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What happens

Yellow Fever is a 2012 Kenyan short animated documentary film directed by Ng'endo Mukii. The film examines the influence of globalization and Western media on African women’s perceptions of beauty, particularly in relation to skin lightening and hair practices. It was produced between London and Nairobi and was originally created as Mukii’s thesis project for her Master of Arts in Animation at the Royal College of Art. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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