The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy ...

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

Anybody who wants to raise guinea fowl is going to have to meet some very tough situations. It would be well for some fancier to fix this thought in mind right at the start, as it will save him ...

Now Nyoni is back to once again challenge traditionalism in another feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. On the drive home ...

RogerEbert.com spoke to writer-director Rungano Nyoni and star Susan Chardy over Zoom about the magnificence of the guinea ...

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

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” makes a valid argument for speaking ill of the dead, especially if it bucks this respectful tradition by revealing the harm they caused while living. In this ...

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.

But a person’s life, and its ripple effects, have a way of lingering. Delicate but fierce, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is the second feature from the Zambian-born, Welsh-raised writer ...

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 ...

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 2025 ...