Shula has only recently returned to her Zambian homeland after a long absence. One late evening she finds a body lying on the road—it is her uncle Fred.
As preparations for the multi-day funeral ceremony begin, she and her cousins gradually uncover the family’s hidden secrets, the ones their aunts would have preferred to bury along with Uncle Fred—Fred was a serial sexual offender.

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL is a portrait of Zambia’s matriarchal society, vividly depicting the lasting trauma of sexual abuse and intergenerational estrangement.

(Afrikamera)