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Among popular breeds, the helmeted guinea fowl is the most recognizable, but American breeds and utility breeds are also kept on farms. The unique attributes of this type of fowl make them an ...

the grainy footage shows us a bunch of African youngsters on a farm, being lectured about the animal world. It’s not until we nearly reach the end of On Becoming a Guinea Fowl that we learn a ...

It’s a guinea fowl. As explained in an educational program kids are watching on a TV in the movie, the African bird is often ...

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is not the first film about family secrets coming to light through grief, but it may be the most original. Rungano Nyoni’s amazing film — she wrote and directed ...

The heroine of Rungano Nyoni’s second feature keeps her cool even as she uncovers long-buried family secrets in Zambia. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

We’ll eventually learn that the story’s main focus has a real grasp ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL. After a brief prologue involving a grainy video clip from what appears to be a low-budget educational ...

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 ...