- Thesis Film Yellow Fever by Ng’endo Mukii
July 2nd, 2012 Ng’endo Mukii tackles a relevant and sensitive topic of skin bleaching. This film searches a modern take of Ng’endo’s documentation of the topic with observations from her niece, her own perceptions and experiences and some history that uncovers the depth of this parallel thought. These honest conversations and earnest thoughtfulness and writing makes this film such great insight into this issue.
Ng’endo is a film & animation student who just graduated from a master’s program at RCA (Royal College of Art) in London.
I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the arc of time. I believe skin and the body, are often distorted into a topographical division between reality and illusion. The idea of beauty has become globalised, creating homogenous aspirations, and distorting people’s self-image across the planet. In my film, I focus on African women’s self-image, through memories and interviews; using mixed media to describe this almost schizophrenic self-visualization that I and many others have grown up with.
—Ng'endo Mukii
