Movie Description
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
(2019)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Hepi Mita
- Producer : Chelsea Winstanley
- Writer : Hepi Mita
- Editor : Te Rurehe Paki
- Cast : Merata Mita,Hepi Mita,Rafer Rautjoki,Richard Rautjoki,Rhys Rautjoki,Awatea Mita,Eruera Mita,Alanis Obomsawin,Jesse Wente,C.M. Kaliko Baker,Tammy Haili'opua Baker,Heather Rae,Bird Runningwater,Andrew Okpeaha MacLean,Sterlin Harjo,Pauline Clague,Blackhorse Lowe,Taika Waititi,Desmond Tutu
Cast
Self (archive footage)
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Self (archive footage)
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Facts
Original TitleMerata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-01-28
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 28m
Homepagehttp://www.meratathefilm.com
Production CompaniesNew Zealand Film Commission,Te Māngai Pāho
Genres
- Documentary
