ZIFF 2016 prize-awarded movies
BONGO NA FLAVA
By Novatus Mugurusi
Tanzania 2015, 135 min
ComNet Bongo Movie Awards: Best Film in Sound (Joseph Myinga)
To fulfill his dream of becoming a great Bongo Flava artist young Zopa moves to Daressalaam against his parents’ will. There he meets youngster Joseph together with whom he keeps himself above water by doing low income jobs. After a year Zopa is tired of his lifestyle and starts dealing with marijuana. This business gets him enough money to record a demo CD at a studio. But the maelstrom of drugs and violence drags him further away from his dream until his early love Anita helps him out of his misery...