Basic Info
Release: January 28, 2019
Runtime: 88 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (7 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
MERATA | Theatrical Trailer (YouTube)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Official Trailer (YouTube)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
88 min
⭐ 6.7/10
7 votes
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- New Zealand
Spoken Languages
- English en
- Maori mi
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Cast
Merata Mita
Self (archive footage)
Hepi Mita
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rafer Rautjoki
Self
Richard Rautjoki
Self
Rhys Rautjoki
Self
Awatea Mita
Self
Eruera Mita
Self
Alanis Obomsawin
Self
Jesse Wente
Self
C.M. Kaliko Baker
Self
Tammy Haili'opua Baker
Self
Heather Rae
Self
Crew
Hepi Mita
Director
Chelsea Winstanley
Producer
Cliff Curtis
Executive Producer
Hepi Mita
Writer
Tama Waipara
Music
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