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.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.
Her first documentary, The Tender One (1979), was made with United
Nations support as part of the International Year of the
Child.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.Jane Murago-Munene is a former chair of the
Kenya National Film Association. She is Executive Director of FEPACI.
film in Kenya. Most of her films have been documentaries, produced
through her company CineArts, on issues affecting women.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.
Her first documentary, The Tender One (1979), was made with United
Nations support as part of the International Year of the
Child.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.Jane Murago-Munene is a former chair of the
Kenya National Film Association. She is Executive Director of FEPACI.
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