Celebrated film producer and director of ICAPA Trust Tsitsi Dangarembga, says the film On Becoming a Guinea Fowl has been a success after scooping several awards as it delves into social issues ...
At first, the corpse stirs no emotion in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. The film is from Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, whose bold debut I Am Not a Witch caused a splash in 2017. Now we are in ...
She pulls out her phone and utters with complete dispassion, “Dad, it’s Shula. I’ve found Uncle Fred’s body on Kulu Road.” The start of Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a confounding ...
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl opens with Shula (Chardy) driving down a dark road in Zambia wearing headwear straight out of a 2009 Lady Gaga lookbook. When she finds her uncle's body dumped on the verge ...
Presented in partnership with Dark Matter, Picturehouse is proud to host a special screening of ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, followed by a Q&A with writer and director Rungano Nyoni and actress Susan ...
As Nyoni makes clear through this perceptive drama, silence breeds impunity. With touches of humour and surrealism, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl confirms her position as one of her generation's most ...