The film explores the life of the Mopy family living on the isolated island of Chishi in Zambia. It highlights their ...

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.

Costume designer Estelle Don Banda tells IndieWire about why single costumes in 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl' had to stand out.

Set entirely during a multi-day funeral, Rungano Nyoni's sophomore effort is a rigorous work of African feminism.

RASCOE: I was fascinated watching the funeral traditions. RASCOE ... tie it down to being Zambian culture, but actually, there's something that correlates to that that happens when we go to ...

In later centuries, Makkah came to be revered as the centre of the world (if not the universe), as illustrated in the ...

The Zambian-born director has, with only two features, stunned film festivals and emerged as a major African voice, one ...

Nyoni, the Lusaka-born, Wales-raised Zambian director told IndieWire, "The whole film is an expression of myself," channeled ...

Shula serves as our guide, her internal struggle—brilliantly captured by Chardy’s anguished calm—anchoring On Becoming a ...

After alerting the police and her family to the mysterious death, Shula is roped into the local mourning traditions ... like I am really laughing at Zambian culture,” she says.

The Carol Shields 2025 Prize Longlist is here! Fifteen women and nonbinary authors are honored for their works in fiction.

In a game-changing move for wildlife conservation, Panthera—the global wild cat preservation powerhouse—has joined forces ...