“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” premiered last May in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, and is now playing in theaters across the U.S. In doing so, it joins a tiny handful of films from Sub ...

Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the guinea fowl is a communal bird that doubles as a guard animal. Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea fowl to ...

There is no polite way to talk about sexual assault. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is Rungano Nyoni’s follow-up to her debut black comedy, I Am Not a Witch (2017), about a Zambian girl named Shula who is ...

RASCOE: The film is called "On Becoming A Guinea Fowl." It starts with the death of a character known as Uncle Fred, his body found on an empty road late at night. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ON BECOMING ...

And a couple of hours later, the sun comes up, and I'd written out what is this film. RASCOE: The film is called "On Becoming A Guinea Fowl." It starts with the death of a character known as Uncle ...