POTSDAM -- Cinema 10 at the Roxy Theater in Potsdam continues on Sept. 29 at 7:15 p.m. with On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, a United Kingdom/Zambia/Ireland/United States film from 2024, directed by Rungano Nyoni.

After discovering the dead body of her uncle, Shula and her family plan the man’s funeral while unearthing long-buried family secrets. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl was written and directed by Rungano Nyoni, who won the Best Director award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Rooted in the middle-class culture of Zambia, the film is “...cathartic, confident… [and] brushes against the universality of death, while sharing the specificity of Zambian mourning rituals to a global audience.” (Thelma Adams, AARP). 

The film is 99 minutes long and rated PG-13.

Cinema 10 films are shown on Monday evenings at 7:15 p.m. in the Roxy Theater in Potsdam.  Tickets are $6.50 general admission or $55 for the season; or $5.50 for students and seniors and $45 season for students and seniors. Season tickets are sharable.  

For more information visit https://www.cinema10.org .