The Costumes of ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl' Had to Make One Single Look Count
Costume designer Estelle Don Banda tells IndieWire about the film's Missy Elliott tribute and about making one key look count ...
Meet Susan Chardy, the Breakout Star of Rungano Nyoni’s Thrilling and Urgent On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Shula serves as our guide, her internal struggle—brilliantly captured by Chardy’s anguished calm—anchoring On Becoming a ...
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’: The past is neither dead nor past in this Zambian parable
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” makes a valid argument for speaking ill of the dead, especially if it bucks this respectful ...
Will American Audiences Turn Out for ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’? Rungano Nyoni and Susan Chardy Make the Case for Their Zambian Gem
Nyoni, the Lusaka-born, Wales-raised Zambian director told IndieWire, "The whole film is an expression of myself," channeled ...
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ is a searing African fable
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’ review: A family funeral digs up a history of hidden trauma
Wherever it takes place, whoever’s life has ended, a funeral is a kind of collective memory bank. No two memories of the deceased, spoken or unspoken, work the same way. But a person’s life, and its ...
Movie Review: A reckoning in surreal, riveting ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” an A24 release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for ...
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More Than Rage: Rungano Nyoni and Susan Chardy on “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
RogerEbert.com spoke to writer-director Rungano Nyoni and star Susan Chardy over Zoom about the magnificence of the guinea ...
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The Resounding Silences of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
In Rungano Nyoni’s drama, a death in a middle-class Zambian family unearths a history of sexual violence.
In the subtly powerful ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,’ stubborn wrongs linger during a funeral
The second feature of writer-director Rungano Nyoni ("I Am Not a Witch") shows her developing strongly with a story graced by ...
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Is Shocking, Surreal — and Absolutely Brilliant
Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s second feature starts with a dead body in the road. It ends with rage, righteousness, and a ...
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Will American Audiences Turn Out for ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’? Rungano Nyoni and Susan Chardy Make the Case for Their Zambian Gem
It’s a film from Zambia, in Bemba! It’s mind-boggling! Susan Chardy: I was lucky to go to the New York Film Festival. People there got the film and asked really great questions. I hope other ...