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 ...

Though people may complain about guinea fowl being loud, there are many advantages of keeping guinea fowl on your property. Guinea fowl have an almost prehistoric appearance compared to chickens ...

The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy alarm when predators are nearby. In Rungano Nyoni’s scalding Cannes ...

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” Rungano Nyoni’s second feature, is comforting despite its difficult subject matter. Comforting, because it takes place almost entirely within the sphere of the ...

“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 ...

A young woman is forced to host the funeral of the uncle who molested her in Rungano Nyoni’s lucid and incandescently pissed-off follow-up to "I Am Not a Witch." Rungano Nyoni’s lucid and ...

A number of uncanny things happen at the start of “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.” Shula (Susan Chardy), driving home from a fancy dress party outside of Lusaka, spots a pair of cowboy boots that ...

On the drive home from a party, Shula (Susan Chardy) sees her Uncle Fred dead on the road. Shula’s chaotic drunk cousin Nsansa (Elizabeth Chisela) stumbles onto the scene and calls the authorities.