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'''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.
==Life==
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.<ref>''Research in African Literatures'', vol. 25, Issues 3-4 (1994), p.97.</ref><ref name="HarrowGarritano2018"></ref> Her first documentary, ''The Tender One'' (1979), was made with [[United Nations]] support as part of the [[International Year of the Child]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Ohr4Ls Jane Murago-Munene], [[African Film Festival, Inc.]], 2013. Accessed 25 November 2019.</ref>
''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.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2KWNFLs Monica Wangu Wamwere: The Unbroken Spirit].</ref>
Jane Murago-Munene is a former chair of the [[Kenya National Film Association]].<ref>Miriri Duncan, [https://ift.tt/2KUq91q Women Drive Film Industry in Kenya], ''Women's eNews'', 21 September 2004. Accessed 15 November 2019.</ref> She is Executive Director of [[FEPACI]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2QX3RAd Film industry to receive Sh20 billion], ''[[The Star (Kenya)|The Star]]'', 8 September 2016.</ref>
==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==
==External links==
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[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan film directors]]
[[Category:Kenyan women film directors]]
[[Category:Kenyan film producers]]
==Life==
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.<ref>''Research in African Literatures'', vol. 25, Issues 3-4 (1994), p.97.</ref><ref name="HarrowGarritano2018"></ref> Her first documentary, ''The Tender One'' (1979), was made with [[United Nations]] support as part of the [[International Year of the Child]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Ohr4Ls Jane Murago-Munene], [[African Film Festival, Inc.]], 2013. Accessed 25 November 2019.</ref>
''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.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2KWNFLs Monica Wangu Wamwere: The Unbroken Spirit].</ref>
Jane Murago-Munene is a former chair of the [[Kenya National Film Association]].<ref>Miriri Duncan, [https://ift.tt/2KUq91q Women Drive Film Industry in Kenya], ''Women's eNews'', 21 September 2004. Accessed 15 November 2019.</ref> She is Executive Director of [[FEPACI]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2QX3RAd Film industry to receive Sh20 billion], ''[[The Star (Kenya)|The Star]]'', 8 September 2016.</ref>
==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==
==External links==
*
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan film directors]]
[[Category:Kenyan women film directors]]
[[Category:Kenyan film producers]]
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