A number of uncanny things happen at the start of “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.” Shula (Susan Chardy ... it should be like a puffer coat.’ So I had the tailor make the puffer piece for ...

But a person’s life, and its ripple effects, have a way of lingering. Delicate but fierce, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is the second feature from the Zambian-born, Welsh-raised writer ...

Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the guinea fowl is a communal bird that doubles as a guard animal. Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea fowl to ...

A number of uncanny things happen at the start of “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.” Shula (Susan Chardy), driving home ... “One day I just thought, ‘You know what, it should be like a puffer coat.’ So I ...

There’s nothing like starting a movie with a running gag, and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl kicks off with a beauty. A young woman Shula (Susan Chardy) is driving home late at night.

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” premiered last May in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, and is now playing in theaters across the U.S. In doing so, it joins a tiny handful of films from Sub ...

When we first meet Shula (Susan Chardy), the quietly unbending protagonist of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” she is driving home from a fancy-dress party, wearing dark shades, a gleaming metal ...

But Shula, portrayed by Susan Chardy, does not behave in a way that we would expect. She doesn’t cry out in horror or appear the least bit upset or shocked by the sight. Instead, we sit there ...

The movie "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" is set in Zambia and deals in grief and dark family secrets. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to director Rungano Nyoni and actor Susan Chardy about the movie.

In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” a young woman (Susan Chardy) returns home to navigate rituals of mourning for a deceased uncle — formalities ...

RASCOE: The film is called "On Becoming A Guinea Fowl." It starts with the death of a character known as Uncle Fred, his body found on an empty road late at night. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ON BECOMING ...