Jonah 11 years old

When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction in this story about the old and the new.

Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.

Credits

Jonah Cast

Name Character
Daniel Kaluuya He was 23, now 35 years old as Mbwana
Louis Mahoney He was 74, now 86 years old as Old Mbwana
Malachi Kirby He was 23, now 35 years old as Juma

Jonah Crew

Name Department
Ollie Madden as Executive Producer. Production
Jack Thorne as Writer. He was 34 (now 45) years old Writing
Mark Sayfritz as Original Music Composer. Sound
Kibwe Tavares as Director. Directing
Ivana Mackinnon as Producer. Production
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Jonah (11 years)

When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction in this story about the old and the new.

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
  • Runtime: 17 minutes