It is about a young man, nicknamed UK, who lives in Harare with his musician uncle, Oliver Mtukudzi, who plays himself.
UK sets out to obtain these things, but has to appease his jukwa (ancestral spirit), who is visible only to him and wants him to give her beer and earn money to send to his parents in the countryside.
[1][2] Much of the film is set in the beer garden at the Queens Hotel in Harare, which at the time was the epicenter of the style of popular Zimbabwean dance music called jit, also known as jit-jive, from which the movie takes its name.
Certain aspects of the film satirize Shona beliefs, including the jukwa's incessant craving for beer.
[3] Jit was the first Zimbabwean feature film to attract international attention and be enthusiastically received by local audiences.