<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2025/03/12/pchh-on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-square_sq-73c2c8d95a4b8c97ff6d0e3ad1c5b2d8f0816371.jpg' alt='Susan Chardy in 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)
