Secrets and silence haunt a grieving family in this spellbinding melodrama

Susan Chardy as Shula in <em>On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. </em>

In On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, filmmaker Rungano Nyoni weaves a surreal drama about defiance in the face of ritual, and the secrets that flourish in silence.

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In On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, filmmaker Rungano Nyoni weaves a surreal drama about defiance in the face of ritual, and the secrets that flourish in silence.