Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
6.7
2019-01-28
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
Watch Trailer
OVERVIEW
VIDEOS
PHOTOS
WATCH
Storyline
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
Released
2019-01-28
Runtime
88
Director
Hepi Mita
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Documentary
Language
English
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Te Māngai Pāho
Casts
Merata Mita
Merata Mita
Hepi Mita
Hepi MitaRafer Rautjoki
Rafer RautjokiRichard Rautjoki
Richard RautjokiRhys Rautjoki
Rhys RautjokiAwatea Mita
Awatea MitaEruera Mita
Eruera Mita
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis ObomsawinJesse Wente
Jesse WenteC.M. Kaliko Baker
C.M. Kaliko BakerTammy Haili'opua Baker
Tammy Haili'opua Baker
Heather Rae
Heather Rae
Bird Runningwater
Bird RunningwaterAndrew Okpeaha MacLean
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin HarjoPauline Clague
Pauline Clague
Blackhorse Lowe
Blackhorse Lowe
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu