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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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