Menda City

Menda City

2009 · 61 min · Crime, Drama

In this story of South meets West, Don P is one of the most feared gangsters in the township, with his xenophobic partner in crime JJ. It's South African gangsters meeting a Nigerian white collar crime kingpin by the name of Carlos Ortega, all in the name of fraud, when these two elements meets all hell breaks loose.

Directed by Presley Chweneyagae · Written by Elozie Nwabuisi

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