Jane Munene-Murago

Jane Munene-Murago
Occupation	Filmmaker
Notable work	The Tender One

Jane Munene-Murago is a Kenyan filmmaker, the first woman to study film in Kenya. Most of her films have been documentaries, produced through her company CineArts, on issues affecting women.

Early life and education

In 1976 Munene studied at the government-run Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC), and was the only woman among KIMC's first year of graduates. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Munene's first documentary, The Tender One (1979), was made with United Nations support as part of the International Year of the Child. ^[3]

Unbroken Spirit (2011) is a portrait of Monica Wangu Wamwere, the mother of human rights activist Koigi wa Wamwere, who took part alongside Wangari Maathai in the 1992 Mothers' Hunger Strike to release political prisoners. The film was shown at the New York African Film Festival 2012. ^[4]

Murago-Munene is a former chair of the Kenya National Film Association. ^[5]

As of 2016 ^[update] she was executive director of FEPACI. ^[6]

Recognition

Munene won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 2012 Kalasha International Film and TV Awards.^{[ citation needed ]}

Films

• The Tender One, 1979
• (with Dommie Yambo-Odotte) The Chosen One, 1991
• Women, Water, and Workload, 1994. 14-minute documentary.
• Enkishon: the Maasai Child in Kenya, 1995. 28-minute documentary.
• Out of Silence, 2000. 23-minute documentary.
• The Price of a Daughter, 2003.
• Behind Closed Doors, 2003.
• Unbroken Spirit , 2011. Documentary

References

1. Research in African Literatures, vol. 25, Issues 3-4 (1994), p.97.
2. Steedman, Robin (2018). "Nairobi-based Female Filmmakers: Screen Media Production between the Local and the Transnational". In Kenneth W. Harrow; Carmela Garritano (eds.). A Companion to African Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 316. ISBN   978-1-119-10031-7.
3. Jane Murago-Munene, African Film Festival, Inc., 2013. Accessed 25 November 2019.
4. Monica Wangu Wamwere: The Unbroken Spirit.
5. Miriri Duncan, Women Drive Film Industry in Kenya, Women's eNews, 21 September 2004. Accessed 15 November 2019.
6. Film industry to receive Sh20 billion, The Star , 8 September 2016.

External links

• Jane Munene-Murago at IMDb