On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Dir. Rungano Nyoni
Constellation
Thu 14 Nov - 18:30 - 20:05
Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
Screen 1
Thu 14 Nov
18:30 - 20:05
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Rungano Nyoni follows up her striking debut I Am Not a Witch with a bold and visionary work of grief and restitution.

Driving home from a party at night, Shula happens upon the body of her Uncle Fred lying in the road. As the family begin to mourn, a wave of collective anger slowly rises among Shula and her cousins, as they reckon with long-suppressed past traumas. Blending surrealism with dark humour, Nyoni sharply critiques the societal traditions that work to hide abuses of power. Winner of Best Director in Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival 2024 for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Rungano Nyoni is one of today’s most distinctive filmmakers.

"Writer-director Rungano Nyoni has a wonderful way of drawing you into a world and intriguing you from the start, gradually peeling back the layers of enigmatic characters to explore Zambian culture." - Anna Smith, Time Out 

This screening is supported by Cinema Africa, at Hyde Park Picture House. 
 

Content Guidance 


Contains themes of bereavement and sexual abuse

Director: Rungano Nyoni
Running time: 95 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: UK, Zambia, Ireland
Language: English, Bemba
Subtitles: English subtitles
UK distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment

Constellation

Constellation is the new name for our main programme section where we preview many of the most talked about films of the year and present UK Premieres of films from exciting new filmmakers in our feature film competition.