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CinemaSavannah: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Zambia/UK, 2024)

  • Savannah Cultural Arts Center 201 Montgomery Street Savannah, GA, 31401 United States (map)

Box office opens at 6. Films start at 7 PM , tix are $10, cash preferred

Director Rungano Nyoni’s second feature had its Southeastern premiere at the Savannah Film Festival after winning major awards at Cannes, London, and Chicago Film Festivals. It also received two British Independent Film Awards for Best Director and Best Actor. Her multi layered narrative magically fuses realism with the supernatural and symbolism with folklore to deliver a powerful social and political commentary through a story that gradually uncovers the buried secrets of her middle-class Zambian family. It all starts on an empty road in the middle of the night, when the protagonist Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle.

In English and Bemba with English subtitles. 99 minutes.