This looks like a really awe-inspiring television set show , recently previewed at DISCOP AFRICA 2015 . Jongo is a television series set to premiere in 2016 in South Africa , following a young man who gains supernatural power after discovering an alien crystallization .
Jongo is pose in Johannesburg , following Eli King after he find a crystal left to him by his murdered begetter . The quartz glass pass on him superhuman abilities , and with his newfound speed and reflexes , he define out to recover who killed his beginner . As he investigate further , his home and friends are caught in the middle as he let on that there are others with crystals of their own .
The trailer for the show makes it look like a really fun superhero affair , complete with a classical origin report .
Pacou Mutombo stars in Jongo , and is “ one of the man ’s top hip - record hop dancers and his dance feature prominently in the serial publication . ”
The show ’s author and director , Gareth Crocker , noted that they wanted to create a show with a plus simulacrum of Africa , while also highlighting problems that they face in the continent :
“ We need to showcase the mantrap and dynamism of the continent and of South Africa in particular . So many films and TV show focus on the problems Africans present . Jongo will emphasise all that is plus about this great continent of ours . We know from the starting time that we wanted to do something quite different from the other shows currently on air in this genre … We wanted to ensure authenticity – to produce something that people can connect with … In casting , we specifically look for out hoi polloi who are tight aligned to the theatrical role we ’ve write .
unluckily , there ’s no word on whether or Jongo will air in the United States . finger crossed : this wait like it could be a portion of fun to determine .
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