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"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl," Rungano Nyoni's new film, explores grief, secrets and trauma among a Zambian family. Susan Chardy is great in her debut.

(Chibesa Mulumba/A24) “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” which shrewdly delays its title’s meaning until the last possible minute, proceeds from ritualistic detail to detail, as part of the ...

Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea ... Uncle Fred is the reason Shula and the rest of the family are trapped — in history, in tradition, in ...

It's a beautifully written and adeptly performed role as the layers peel away to reveal her history shared with ... the connection to the titular guinea fowl. It's a highly useful animal for ...

As the rest of the family mourns, Uncle Fred’s history of sexual abuse comes to light. Similar to Nyoni’s previous feature, Guinea Fowl is about the systemic oppression of women in modern-day ...

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 ...