The Longings of Jende Jonga Movie Updates
Total Updates: 5
- added TriStar Pictures as a distributor
- changed the production status to Development
- added drama as a genre
- added a synopsis
- Jonga, a West African, finds a job as a chauffeur for a high level executive at Lehman Brothers. Jonga's wife is hired by the executive's wife and the family become close. But Jonga's life in America takes an incredibly challenging turn when the 2008 financial meltdown happens.
- created the movie profile
Tue., May. 19, 2015
TriStar Preemptively Nabs Book 'The Longings of Jende Jonga'
Tri-Star division has pre-emptively picked up the movie rights to The Longings of Jende Jonga, an immigrant tale by first-time author Imbolo Mbue.