Post by: AngelOfThyNight on March 13, 2025, 05:13:11 AM
You should watch the surreal new movie On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. It opens with a Zambian woman finding her uncle's body on the road. His death brings the family together from near and far, but also resurfaces old wounds — wounds the elders would much rather ignore. It's a powerful story about the silence that keeps families from breaking, but only in superficial ways, and with devastating consequences.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl. '/>You should watch the surreal new movie On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. It opens with a Zambian woman finding her uncle's body on the road. His death brings the family together from near and far, but also resurfaces old wounds — wounds the elders would much rather ignore. It's a powerful story about the silence that keeps families from breaking, but only in superficial ways, and with devastating consequences.
(Image credit: Chibesa Mulumba)
Source: 'On Becoming a Guinea' fowl is a surreal exploration of painful secrecy (https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/1238261961/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-is-a-surreal-exploration-of-painful-secrecy)