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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Year
2024
Director
Rungano Nyoni
Runtime
99 min
Genre
Comedy, Drama
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Synopsis

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

Festival record

  • LFF 24
  • CAN 24

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Cast

  • Susan ChardyShula
  • Elizabeth ChiselaNsansa
  • Esther SinginiBupe
  • Blessings BhamjeeYoung Shula
  • Doris NaulapwaShula's Mother
  • Henry B.J. PhiriShula's Father
  • Roy ChishaUncle Fred
  • Benson MumbaJoseph
  • Chungu BwalyaFarm Club Presenter 1
  • Margaret MulubwaFarm Club Presenter 2

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