On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Synopsis
Nyoni’s buzzy debut, I Am Not a Witch (SFF 2017), announced a major new talent. She delivers on her promise with this potent, meticulously crafted and comic tale of a Zambian family’s descent into darkness. One night while driving, Shula (Susan Chardy) – dressed outlandishly, for reasons only made clear later – comes upon the corpse of her uncle. She reports her grisly discovery without any sadness. Only gradually is it revealed why Shula and her cousins are largely indifferent to their uncle’s death, as past trauma resurfaces to reveal a community riven by abuse, sexism and greed. Intricately culturally specific, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl finds universality in its brilliant depiction of complex familial ties.
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