Documentary · New Zealand · 2019 · 1h 28m

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen poster
Director
Hepi Mita
Cast
Merata Mita as Self (archive footage) Hepi Mita as Self - Narrator (voice) Rafer Rautjoki as Self Richard Rautjoki as Self Rhys Rautjoki as Self Awatea Mita as Self
Crew
Mike Jonathan — Director of Photography Te Rurehe Paki — Editor Hepi Mita — Writer Chelsea Winstanley — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
indigenousnew zealandmaoriportrait of a filmmaker
Key Collaborators
Hepi Mita Director Mike Jonathan Director of Photography Te Rurehe Paki Editor Hepi Mita Writer Chelsea Winstanley Producer
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