“Rungano Nyoni is one of the most exciting voices in cinema today”
—Empire Magazine

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

NEW RELEASE
Directed by Rungano Nyoni (2024)
With Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri

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. The sophomore feature by Welsh-Namibian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch), who was awarded Un Certain Regard—Best Director at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, is a surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

“Rungano Nyoni is one of the most exciting voices in cinema today”
—Empire Magazine

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