
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.
Fumy Opeyemi
Dancer

Chipo Kureya
Dancer
Margaret Njeri Mereka
As Self (Voice)

Sam Nokuzola Moyo
Dancer
Abriani Njeri
As Self (Voice)

Killing the Indian in the Child
Killing the Indian in the Child

The Tickle King
The Tickle King

On a beau être bête, on a faim quand même
On a beau être bête, on a faim quand même
The Land Boom
The Land Boom

Chris on Chris
Chris on Chris

Urbanissimo
Urbanissimo

Eggs
Eggs

The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye

Serenade
Serenade

Meine Eltern wollen sich trennen
Meine Eltern wollen sich trennen

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger