Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

201988 min
6.7/10
Documentary

Plot Summary

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 Now

Official trailer from TMDB

👥Cast (19)

Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Self (archive footage)

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Hepi Mita

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Rafer Rautjoki

Self

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Richard Rautjoki

Self

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Rhys Rautjoki

Self

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Awatea Mita

Self

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Eruera Mita

Self

Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Self

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Jesse Wente

Self

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C.M. Kaliko Baker

Self

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Tammy Haili'opua Baker

Self

Heather Rae

Heather Rae

Self

🎬Crew

Director

Hepi Mita

Writers

Hepi Mita

Producers

Cliff Curtis, Chelsea Winstanley

🖼️Gallery (3 images)

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen backdrop 1
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🏷️Keywords

indigenousnew zealandmaoriportrait of a filmmaker

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission