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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

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We discuss On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni, a film that premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. 

Time Stamped Notes: 

1:22 I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni’s first film, premiered at Cannes 2017)

3:24 AMC Class Action Lawsuit of which Charlene was a benefitee 

5:30 Eileen (2023, dir. by William Oldroyd)

5:40 Mean Girls The Musical (2024, dir. by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr.)

9:57 Joy Ride (2023, dir. by Adele Lim)

10:06 Brigsby Bear (2017, dir. by Dave McCary)

15:02 Shula dressed as Missy Elliot 

19:10 Jason Bateman's expressions of disbelief in Arrested Development

19:53 Sandra Oh and Awkwafina’s dynamic in Quiz Lady  

44:05 Zadie Smith: “​​ Can’t go home, can’t leave home: a subject close to my heart”

52:50 The Farewell (2019, dir. by Lulu Wang)

53:00 Minari (2020, dir. by Lee Isaac Chung)

54:35 The Joy Luck Club (1993, dir. by Wayne Wang)

58:48 A Discussion About Black Welsh Film 

1:06:20 The Bechdel Test 

1:07:24 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, dir. by James Foley)

1:08:28 She Said and the Canon of #MeToo films 

1:13:13 Bob Trevino Likes It

1:13:22 Sister Midnight 

1:13:48 All We Imagine as Light (2024, dir. by Payal Kapadia)

1:14:12 Superhero movie where Florence Pugh (?) has a russian accent (??)

1:14:38 We Come to This Place for Magic 

1:15:44 La Chimera (2023, directed by Alice Rohrwacher)

1:16:00 The Florida Project (2017, directed by Sean Baker)

1:16:53 Girls Will Be Girls (2024, directed by Shuchi Talati)

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