"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl," Rungano Nyoni's new film, explores grief, secrets and trauma among a Zambian family. Susan ...

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In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” a young woman (Susan Chardy) returns home to navigate rituals of mourning for a deceased uncle — formalities ...

The latest film releases include Mickey 17, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Night of the Zoopocalypse, and The Rule of Jenny Pen. Weighing in are Witney Seibold, contributor to SlashFilm and co-host of the ...

When we first meet Shula (Susan Chardy), the quietly unbending protagonist of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” she is driving home from a fancy-dress party, wearing dark shades, a gleaming metal ...

There’s nothing like starting a movie with a running gag, and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl kicks off with a beauty. A young woman Shula (Susan Chardy) is driving home late at night.

In recent years, a wave of films has sought to confront the horrors of sexual violence and abuse against women, but On Becoming a Guinea Fowl stands apart. The second feature from Zambian-Welsh ...

We’ll eventually learn that the story’s main focus has a real grasp ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL. After a brief prologue involving a grainy video clip from what appears to be a low-budget educational ...

Erica Marks was looking to add some baby chicks to the flock of backyard chickens at her Pembroke home this spring, but she had to make a 40-minute drive to Derry Feed & Supply Co. to get them.

This is the opening scene of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” Rungano Nyoni’s darkly comedic, stylish and hauntingly bizarre portrait of a Zambian family funeral. It is perhaps the first great film of ...

But Shula, portrayed by Susan Chardy, does not behave in a way that we would expect. She doesn’t cry out in horror or appear the least bit upset or shocked by the sight. Instead, we sit there ...