Going Bongo is a 2015 American-Tanzanian comedy drama film directed by Dean Matthew Ronalds and produced by Brian Ronalds. The film stars Ernest Napoleon and features Emanuela Galliussi, Nyokabi Gethaiga and Ashley Olds. It was filmed in Los Angeles and Tanzania.
The film was nominated for the Zuku Bongo Movies Awards in 2015 to be announced at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. [1] It won Best East-African Film. [2] [3]
A newly recruited American doctor "accidentally" volunteers to work in Tanzania, Africa for a month. The film is based on a true story of a French doctor who left Europe to work in Africa.
The movie had its London premiere at CineWorld Haymarket on 4 June 2015.