

The following is a movie review written by MEGAN KADRMAS from The StarTribune - Friday April 4th - After she reviewed the movie.
Plymouth based filmmaker Josiah Kibira releases his third attempt Saturday in a quest to create high quality films in Swahili. "BONGOLAND II" completes an adventure that brought Kibira back to his native country of Tanzania for 36 days of filming.
As a continuation of Kibira's first Swahili-based movie "Bongoland", this sequel follows as main character Juma readjusts to life in Tanzania after failing in the United States.
The beauty of "Bongoland II" arises in its misleading simplicity. Although it could be said that the film tracks Juma's adaptation, it uses larger issues to highlight the ways in which Juma is not - and may never be - fully readjusted.
From family secrets to workplace drama, reconnecting with friends to waiting for his girlfriend, it becomes clear that Juma might not fully reclaim who he once was.
Tanzania serves as a complementary backdrop, with its own mixture of basic starkness and complex beauty. Inside cinder block shanties and pristine swaths of beach, Juma learns that leaving home is sometimes easier than returning home.
Megan Kadrmas.
I would suggest Kibira, to do a premier in Africa-Dar, Nigeria, South Africa and Europe-UK, if budget/money wont be a problem.
ReplyDeleteI am sure my fellow Nigerians friend will open up to see the movie staged in Africa but of different note and culture, and less shouting and uchawi. Being warned make a DVD release on the same day, JUST KIDDING.
Are we going to get a DVD release soon?
By Mchangiaji
BROTHER MICHUZI NAOMBA UMWELEZE KIBIRA NA DA-CHEMI KUWA SISI WATANZANIA TUNASIKITISHWA SANA NA HAO JAMAA WANAKUWA KAMA WANATENGEZA HIZO MOVIE KWA AJILI YA WATU WA NJE. NILIPATA KUMUULIZA DA-CHEMI ZAMANI KUWA HIZI MOVIES WATU TULIO BONGO TUNAWEZA ZINUNUA WAPI.NILIMUULIZA KUHUSU BONGOLAND I KWA KUWA ALIWEKA KA-PROMO KWENYE BLOG YAKE. JIBU NILILOPATA NI WASILIANA NA KIBIRA NDIYE ANAJUA! KWENYE SITE YA KIBIRA KUKAWA NA MAMBO YA KUNUNUA ONLINE! SIO KILA MTU ANA CREDIT CARD, AU CHEQUE CARD JAMANI.. SASA YEYE ATA-PROMOTE VIPI KITU AMBACHO HATA HAJUI KINAPATIKANA WAPI? JAMANI TUANCHE USANII USIO NA MAANA, HIZI MOVIES SOKO KUBWA LIKO BONGO NA SIO HUKO ANAKODHANIA YEYE. KAMA AMEAMUA KUJA KU-SHOOT MOVIE BONGO BASI WABONGO TUNA HAKI YA KUZIONA.
ReplyDeleteNAOMBA SANA TUPATE JIBU HIZI DVD TUTANUNUA WAPI HAPA TANZANIA KWA CASH?
mzozaji
Hellow Michu,
ReplyDeleteMimi niko hapa Minessota,Hiyo movie sio kuwa imeishoanyeshwa.No itaonyeshwa kwa awamu mbili,ya kwanza saa nane mchana na ya pili saa kumi na moja jioni leo,na hivi sasa mpaka naandika hii comment ni saa sita na dak ishirini.Na naomba kumtoa hofu huyo mdau namba mbili hapo juu,Hasiwe na haofu utaratibu unafanyika kuhakikisha DVDs za Bongo Land II zinawafikia hapo bongo na sio kuagiza on line tu kwani tatizo la kuagiza on line kwa nchi yetu changa kama Tanzania linafahamika wazi,Baada ya mchakato mzima wa kumpata mtu mwenye sifa za kusamabza DVDs zitapatikana bila tatizo hapo masikani,Bongo.
Nawasilisha,
Mdau wa Bongo Land II.
Minneapolis.