ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
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, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.
Year of production: 2024
Country: Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
Duration: 95 minutes
Credits
- Rungano NYONI Director
- David GALLEGO Cinematography
- Malin LINDHOLM Production Design
- Rungano NYONI Screenplay
- Lucrecia DALT Music
- Nathan NUGENT Editing
- Olivier DANDRÉ Sound
Casting
- Elizabeth CHISELA Nsansa
- Henry B.J. PHIRI Dad
- Susan CHARDY Shula
Images
Contacts
Production
-
ELEMENT PICTURES
30/31 O'Connell St
D04 N8K3
DUBLIN Irelandandrew.lowe@elementpictures.iehttp://www.elementpictures.ie
Production
-
BBC FILM
BBC Broadcasting House, 7th Floor, Zone A
W1A 1AA
LONDON United Kingdombbcfilm@bbc.co.ukhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilm
Production
-
FREMANTLE
1 Stephen Street
W1T 1AL
LONDON United Kingdommatthew.sanders@fremantle.comhttps://fremantle.com/contact
Production
-
A24 FILMS
1245 Broadway
10001
NEW YORK United Statesilana@a24films.comhttp://www.a24Films.com
French Press
-
IN THE LOOP
Cedric LANDEMAINEcedriclandemaine@intheloop.press
International Press
-
PREMIERwww.premiercomms.com
Susan COOMBSOBAGF@premiercomms.com