On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

This film is a small miracle of storytelling about the lives and trials of women and girls, the families that uphold them, and the societal dysfunction that holds them back. Gorgeous, heart wrenching, and subtle.

The acting is superb as the characters are richly and slowly revealed. Susan Chardy shines in her performance, portraying Shula with a quiet ferocity the role merits.

Though, I didn't know about guinea fowl before seeing the film, I will never think about them the same way again after seeing the film.

Director Rungano Nyoni has triumphed with this film, voicing the realities of the women of Zaire's lives in a story with global resonance.