Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

May 12 2019 N/A 1h 29m
Biography, Documentary

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.

Official Trailer
Plot

Documentary portrait of pioneering filmmaker and mother Merata Mita, detailing how her filmmaking intersected with the lives of her children and indigenous filmmakers globally, and featuring rare archival footage dating back to 1977.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Hepi Mita

Cast

Awatea Mita, Eruera 'Bob' Mita, Hepi Mita

Crew

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Production Countries

New Zealand

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
MERATA | Theatrical Trailer
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Official Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
156
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA