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Friday, Mar 21, 2025 9:00 PM
As funeral proceedings for an uncle begin around them, Shula and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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Admission Adult Evening - $11.50
Admission Seniors (60+) - $8.85
Admission Children (12 and younger) - $8.85
Admission Student - $8.85

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"[Rungano Nyoni] reaches for honesty, and what she uncovers is at once disquieting and deeply absorbing."—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter

"Blending molasses-dark comedy with searing poetic realism to capture contemporary Zambian society at a generational impasse between staunch tradition and social progress, this is palpably new, future-minded filmmaking, at once intrepidly daring and rigorously poised."—Guy Lodge, Variety

"Deftly juggles humour with pathos, domestic drama with surreal fantasy flourishes. It’s dizzyingly creative and rather special."—Wendy Ide, The Observer


On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.



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Assisted Listening:Yes
Series Info
Series:New Release Films
Reel Representation
African Diaspora
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Film Info
Director:Rungano Nyoni
Featuring:Susan Chardy
Elizabeth Chisela
Roy Chisha
Runtime:99 minutes
Rating:PG-13
Year Released:2024
Format:DCP
Production Country:Zambia
UK
Ireland
USA
Language:English
Bemba
Genre:Comedy
Drama