The second feature of writer-director Rungano Nyoni ("I Am Not a Witch") shows her developing strongly with a story graced by ...

Shula is driving home from a fancy dress party one night when she encounters an unusual sight in the middle of a country road ...

Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s second feature starts with a dead body in the road. It ends with rage, righteousness, and a ...

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” an A24 release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for ...

In Rungano Nyoni’s drama, a death in a middle-class Zambian family unearths a history of sexual violence.

The movie hits its main point after that moment. When you think Fred has left this earth with his good reputation in tack and ...

Set entirely during a multi-day funeral, Rungano Nyoni's sophomore effort is a rigorous work of African feminism.

Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a surreal and emotional journey through one family’s pent-up trauma.

Shula serves as our guide, her internal struggle—brilliantly captured by Chardy’s anguished calm—anchoring On Becomng a ...

Rungano Nyoni’s second film takes place at a family funeral in Zambia, where open secrets bubble to the surface.

The movie "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" is set in Zambia and deals in grief and dark family secrets. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to director Rungano Nyoni and actor Susan Chardy about the movie.

The heroine of Rungano Nyoni’s second feature keeps her cool even as she uncovers long-buried family secrets in Zambia.