Jinna Mwende Mutune is a multi-cultural film-maker and a leading producer in Kenya. With an award winning movie under her belt, she is all set to tell the African story to a global audience.
You decided to get into the film when you were pretty young. What influenced this?
When I was 12, I got saved. I used to go to Kenya Assemblies of God (KAG) Bahati and the pastor there was a set designer and puppeteer. He also painted murals and would creatively draw us to the teachings of Christ. As a kid, you really want someone to listen to you and this pastor really listened, earned our trust and it was easy for him to mentor us. That stirred up my creative juices.
By the time I was 16, I had written a film called the Second Act in a notebook that I used to carry around. Fast forward to university days in 2001. Since Daystar University where I was enrolled did not have a film school, I moved to the South African Motion Picture and Live Performance School (AFDA) in Cape Town.
How did South Africa influence the stories you wanted to tell?
Before I got to SA, I was exposed to books like Sweet Valley which inspired me to write stories with blonde-haired characters. When I got to SA I was asked what stories I wanted to tell and I had to do a lot of souls searching.
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