Nyoni’s brilliance is in portraying the gap between public and private, past and present, as spaces where submerged feelings awkwardly co-exist, leaving nobody able to feel truly whole.

Unspooling in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar — though more worthy of a spot in the main Competition, the section Nyoni served as a juror last year — “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl ...

Rungano Nyoni’s latest film “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl” puts family secrets in the spotlight in a searing tale of abuse. “I’ve got worse stories to tell,” she tells CNN.

When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director was a little wary. “A24 is such a brand — and brands always frighten me,” she ...

Unspooling in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar — though more worthy of a spot in the main Competition, the section Nyoni served as a juror last year — “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl ...

As in “Bird,” the female protagonist in Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” has a near-mystical connection with the natural world that suggests that women — like all the ...