On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - Reviews

Rungano Nyoni’s strange, intense tale of sexual abuse.

A playfully searing drama about the perils of denial.

The death of a beloved uncle in a middle-class Zambian family brings some difficult truths to light in Rungano Nyoni's surreal second feature.

...dizzyingly creative Zambian funeral comedy drama.

It’s not a blanket statement about Zambian tradition — there is no Zambian monoculture, rather variations throughout literal dozens of tribes...

Trauma clashes with tradition in a searing Zambian drama.

A death in the family leads to chaos in the brilliant, shifting On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.

...an uncomfortable but entrancing watch, a tribute to shattering silence around family secrets and bucking tradition for the sake of empathy.

...isn’t for the birds; it’s a tribute to them.