Rungano Nyoni and New African Cinema
From its bracing first shot through the surprising, aesthetically daring, politically potent story that follows, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl was one of the best movies of last year and a highlight of the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival. After two features, Zambian-born writer-director Rungano Nyoni has joined a thrilling movement of filmmakers from Lesotho, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, and elsewhere who are taking sub-Saharan cinema in bold new directions and drawing the kind of worldwide attention too long withheld from African film artists.
Recommended viewing: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (theatrical run at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting March 14) and I Am Not a Witch (UK/Zambia, 2017), This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lesotho, 2019), and/or Neptune Frost (US/Rwanda, 2021), all streaming on multiple platforms.
Please note: The discussion does not include screenings of films.
Sponsor(s)
The “Digging Deeper into Movies with Nick Davis” series is made possible with the support of the Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation.
Event Information
Saturday, April 12, 2025
11:00am – 12:30pm
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 N. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60610
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Doors open at 10:30am. Please use the Dearborn St entrance for admission.
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