Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is not only a stunning piece of art, but a stirring, scathing call to break the ...

Guinea Fowl debuted at Cannes, like Nyoni's 2017 feature, I Am Not a Witch.That film catapulted Nyoni into the rare status of rising British auteur. The buzz, she says, critically, was in part ...

When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director ... because you don’t have funding from Africa,” Nyoni says.

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” makes a valid argument for speaking ill of the dead, especially if it bucks this respectful ...

Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the guinea fowl is a communal bird that doubles as a guard animal. Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea fowl to ...

Wherever it takes place, whoever’s life has ended, a funeral is a kind of collective memory bank. No two memories of the ...

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 ...

This weekend sees the release of an acclaimed family drama that’s a compelling exploration of another country’s culture. This setting takes moviegoers into the customs of Zambia in ...