Anne G. Mungai (born 1957) is a Kenyan film director. She is best
known for her feature length film, Saikati (1992). She is known for
exploring the stories of young African women and the challenges they
face while navigating post-colonial Africa.Anne Mungai graduated from
the Kenya Institute for Mass Communications and went on to work there.
She is the founder-director of the Shagilia Street Children's
Theatre.In 1993 Mungai co-founded Women in Cinema in Kenya, affiliated
with African Women in Film and Video as the provisional committee of
its Kenya section.Anne Mungai’s directing career began in 1980 with
her first short entitled Nkomani Clinic. Since then, she has directed
many short- and medium-length films, as well as her first feature film
Saïkati. This film, like many of Mungai’s works, focuses on a
female character living in Africa during a time that is split between
traditional African cultural practices and those brought over from the
Western world during colonization.
known for her feature length film, Saikati (1992). She is known for
exploring the stories of young African women and the challenges they
face while navigating post-colonial Africa.Anne Mungai graduated from
the Kenya Institute for Mass Communications and went on to work there.
She is the founder-director of the Shagilia Street Children's
Theatre.In 1993 Mungai co-founded Women in Cinema in Kenya, affiliated
with African Women in Film and Video as the provisional committee of
its Kenya section.Anne Mungai’s directing career began in 1980 with
her first short entitled Nkomani Clinic. Since then, she has directed
many short- and medium-length films, as well as her first feature film
Saïkati. This film, like many of Mungai’s works, focuses on a
female character living in Africa during a time that is split between
traditional African cultural practices and those brought over from the
Western world during colonization.
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