Going Bongo

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Going Bongo
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Directed byDean Matthew Ronalds
Screenplay byErnest Napoleon
Produced by
  • Nick Marwa
  • Brian Ronalds
StarringErnest Napoleon
CinematographyLeslie Bumgarner
Edited byMasahiro Hirakubo
Music byAlex Hemlock
Release date
  • 4 June 2015 (2015-06-04)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Tanzania
LanguageEnglish

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.

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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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Release

The movie had its London premiere at CineWorld Haymarket on 4 June 2015.

References

  1. "Nominees revealed for the Zuku Bongo Movies Awards". Modern Ghana. 27 June 2015.
  2. "ZIFF paints a brighter future as it closes". The Citizen. 31 July 2015.
  3. "Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) 2015". Africultures.