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Short film / Kenya, United Kingdom

Yellow Fever

Through interviews with her family, dance and experimental animation, Kenyan filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii traces the pressures that globalised beauty standards impose on African women and on perceptions of skin colour.

Credits & connections

  • Director: Ng'endo Mukii Officially verifiedSourcefilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.orgfilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org — Reference: projects/yellow feverfilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/yellow-fever · New tab
  • Writer: Ng'endo Mukii Officially verifiedSourcefilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.orgfilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org — Reference: projects/yellow feverfilmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/yellow-fever · New tab
  • Production studio: Ng'endo Studios Officially verifiedSourcefifoi.refifoi.re — Reference: en/yellow fever enfifoi.re/en/yellow-fever-en/ · New tab

Production organisation: Ng'endo Studios

Source credits: Ng'endo Mukii

Setting and cultural context

Kenyan filmmaker and Royal College of Art UK production; mixed live action, animation, archive and embodied dance. British Council lists 6:50; 7-minute festival runtime is rounded.

Where to watch

Ng'endo Mukii official Vimeo

Viewing option: Ng'endo Mukii official Vimeo

Availability details

Free official · Unknown / not checked ·

Official listing only

Filmmaker's own upload of full Yellow Fever film (not trailer); free page access appears available but no Ghana-specific playback test or redistribution license was conducted.

Source checked: 2026-10-14

Official studio website