Wherever it takes place, whoever’s life has ended, a funeral is a kind of collective memory bank. No two memories of the deceased, spoken or unspoken, work the same way. But a person’s life, and its ...

The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy alarm when predators are nearby. In Rungano Nyoni’s scalding Cannes ...

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” makes a valid argument for speaking ill of the dead, especially if it bucks this respectful ...

Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is not only a stunning piece of art, but a stirring, scathing call to break the ...

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.

Few things are as dangerous as familial cultures of silence around the perpetuation of abuse. Of course, it's common for ...

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.

Rungano Nyoni’s second film takes place at a family funeral in Zambia, where open secrets bubble to the surface.

Roast potatoes are the best part of any Sunday roast dinner, but it can be incredibly disappointing if they come out of the oven soggy and flavourless. Thanh, a cook and founder of Eat Little Bird ...

Shula is driving home from a fancy dress party one night when she encounters an unusual sight in the middle of a country road ...

She wondered: What about that rack of roasted ducks in the background of a Chinese restaurant while Nicole Kidman’s character confronts her daughter? Didn’t they count? “I was just doing ...