Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
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.
Director: Hepi Mita
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 88 min
Release Date: January 28, 2019
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
Screenplay
- Hepi Mita
- Tearepa Kahi (Creative Producer)
Music: Tama Waipara
Cinematography: Mike Jonathan
Editing: Te Rurehe Paki
Production: New Zealand Film Commission, Te Māngai Pāho
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Maori
Original Language: en
Keywords
indigenous, new zealand, maori, portrait of a filmmaker
Trailer
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen about?
- 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.
- Who directed Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen?
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen was directed by Hepi Mita.
- Who stars in Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen?
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen stars Merata Mita, Hepi Mita, Rafer Rautjoki, Richard Rautjoki, Rhys Rautjoki, Awatea Mita.
- How long is Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen?
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen has a runtime of 1h 28m (88 minutes).
- What genre is Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen?
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is a Documentary film.
- Where was Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen produced?
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen was produced in New Zealand.