Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019 en 88 minutes

Rating: 6.7

Plot

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

Cast

Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Self (archive footage)

Hepi Mita

Hepi Mita

Self - Narrator (voice)

Rafer Rautjoki

Rafer Rautjoki

Self

Richard Rautjoki

Richard Rautjoki

Self

Rhys Rautjoki

Rhys Rautjoki

Self

Awatea Mita

Awatea Mita

Self

Eruera Mita

Eruera Mita

Self

Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Self

Jesse Wente

Jesse Wente

Self

C.M. Kaliko Baker

C.M. Kaliko Baker

Self

Tammy Haili'opua Baker

Tammy Haili'opua Baker

Self

Heather Rae

Heather Rae

Self

Bird Runningwater

Bird Runningwater

Self

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Self

Sterlin Harjo

Sterlin Harjo

Self

Pauline Clague

Pauline Clague

Self

Blackhorse Lowe

Blackhorse Lowe

Self

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Self

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

Self (archive footage)

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