The Studio · Est. Mombasa

Who We Are

A Kenyan storytelling studio built around a single belief: the people closest to a story should help tell it.

(01) Our Mission

We make human stories about the people shaping Africa's future and put them in front of the audiences and institutions that can act on them.

Sajen Productions began on Kenya's coast, working alongside communities that are usually filmed about, rarely filmed with. That distinction shapes everything we make. We embed for the long term, build trust before cameras, and let people narrate their own lives.

Today we produce documentaries, podcasts, and impact media from bases in Mombasa and Nairobi, collaborating with NGOs, foundations, and broadcasters to turn lived experience and evidence into work that moves people to act.

Founder on location, coastal Kenya
(02) What We Do

Three ways we tell the same kind of story.

01 — Film

Documentary

Feature films and series built on long-form field work; from coastal resistance to the courtrooms rewriting justice in Kenya.

02 — Audio

Podcasts

Conversation-led series that hand the microphone to organizers, healers, and storytellers holding their communities together.

03 — Impact

Impact Media

Campaign films, field reporting, and evidence-led pieces co-produced with partners to drive measurable change on the ground.

(03) How We Work

Trust first. Cameras later.

P/01

Embedded, not parachuted

We spend months in a place before a frame is shot, so the people on screen are partners in the telling, never subjects of it.

P/02

Evidence with a heartbeat

We pair rigorous research with intimate access, turning data and policy into stories audiences actually feel.

P/03

Built to travel

Every project is designed for the screening room and the policy table alike; festival cut, broadcast cut, and campaign cut.

P/04

Local crews, lasting skills

We hire and train on the coast and beyond, leaving behind capacity, not just a finished film.

(04) The People

The studio.

A small, senior team of directors, producers, and field journalists, backed by local crews wherever we shoot.

Miriam Angil
Founder & Director

Miriam Angil

Founder & Director