Jane Munene-Murago

• Name — Jane Munene-Murago • Citizenship — Kenyan • Occupation — Filmmaker • Notable Works — The Tender One

Munene grew up in Nairobi. She attended Ngara girls' high school and then later joined Kenya High School. 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.

Munene's 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. Murago-Munene is a former chair of the Kenya National Film Association. As of 2016 she was executive director of FEPACI.

• Year — Title — Role — Category — Ref • 1979 — The Tender One — Director — Documentary • 1991 — The Chosen One — Co-director with Dommie Yambo-Odotte — Documentary • 1994 — Women, Water and Workload — Director — Documentary • 1995 — Enkishon: the Maasai Child in Kenya — Director — Documentary • 2000 — Out of Silence — Director — Documentary • 2003 — The Price of a Daughter — Director — Documentary • 2004 — Behind Closed Doors — Director — Documentary • 2008 — Turning Tide: Women Entrepreneurs in Africa — Director — Documentary • 2010 — Monica Wangu Wamwere:Unbroken Spirit — Director — Documentary