The Hollywood Reporter

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: A Smart and Unsettling Zambian Drama Depicts a Family’s Reckoning

In 'I Am Not a Witch' director Rungano Nyoni's second feature, produced by A24, the death of a problematic uncle instigates domestic turmoil. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic The body lays prone ...
CNN

‘How do you not just set everything on fire?’: A film about a Zambian family’s dark past sets Cannes ablaze

The final, searing shot of Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a convergence of everything that’s come before. The film, about a sudden death and family secrets in Zambia, comes to a ...
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'On Becoming A Guinea Fowl' Review: A24’s Powerful, Nuanced Dramedy About Cultures of Silence

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...
Variety

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Trauma Takes on Grieving in Rungano Nyoni’s Darkly Transfixing Second Feature

The Zambian-British filmmaker builds on the considerable promise of her 2017 debut 'I Am Not a Witch' with this story of retributive anger fighting patriarchal tradition at an abuser's funeral. Her ...
The New York Times

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Watchful Eyes

The heroine of Rungano Nyoni’s second feature keeps her cool even as she uncovers long-buried family secrets in Zambia. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...