
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.
= FILM FACTS =
Running Time 99 min
Genre Drama, Comedy
MPAA Rating Rated PG-13
Starring
Elizabeth Chisela
Henry B.J. Phiri
Susan Chardy
Directed by
Rungano Nyoni
Written by
Rungano Nyoni