‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ is a searing African fable
The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy ...
The New Yorker1 天Opinion
The Zambian Sensibility of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of ...
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'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl' is a searing African fable
The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous ... Nyoni, at 42, is looking more and more like one of the leading lights of the African filmmaking diaspora. Born in Zambia and raised in Wales, she graduated ...
In the subtly powerful ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,’ stubborn wrongs linger during a funeral
The second feature of writer-director Rungano Nyoni ("I Am Not a Witch") shows her developing strongly with a story graced by ...
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The Sound and Fury of 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl'
After showing how a culture of silence around abuse can devastate entire generations, the arresting A24 film holds a mirror ...
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‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Says Silence Is the Worst Option
Now Nyoni is back to once again challenge traditionalism in another feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. On the drive home ...
Rolling Stone20 天
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Is Shocking, Surreal — and Absolutely Brilliant
the grainy footage shows us a bunch of African youngsters on a farm, being lectured about the animal world. It’s not until we nearly reach the end of On Becoming a Guinea Fowl that we learn a ...