Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
1h 28m
Running Time
January 28, 2019Release Date
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
1h 28m
Running Time
January 28, 2019Release Date
Plot.
A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.
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Cast & Crew.
Awatea Mita
Self
Richard Rautjoki
Self
Hepi Mita
Self
Merata Mita
Self
Rhys Rautjoki
Self
Chelsea Winstanley
Producer
Eruera Mita
Self
Annie Collins
Editor
Jesse Wente
Self
Te Rurehe Paki
Editor
C.M. Kaliko Baker
Self
Alanis Obomsawin
Self
Tammy Haili'opua Baker
Self
Rafer Rautjoki
Self
Heather Rae
Self
Bird Runningwater
Self
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