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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

88 minutes

Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Merata Mita headshot

Merata Mita

Self (archive footage)

Hepi Mita headshot

Hepi Mita

Self - Narrator (voice)

Rafer Rautjoki headshot

Rafer Rautjoki

Self

Richard Rautjoki headshot

Richard Rautjoki

Self

Rhys Rautjoki headshot

Rhys Rautjoki

Self

Awatea Mita headshot

Awatea Mita

Self

Eruera Mita headshot

Eruera Mita

Self

Alanis Obomsawin headshot

Alanis Obomsawin

Self

Jesse Wente headshot

Jesse Wente

Self

C.M. Kaliko Baker headshot

C.M. Kaliko Baker

Self

Tammy Haili'opua Baker headshot

Tammy Haili'opua Baker

Self

Heather Rae headshot

Heather Rae

Self

Bird Runningwater headshot

Bird Runningwater

Self

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean headshot

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

Self

Sterlin Harjo headshot

Sterlin Harjo

Self

Pauline Clague headshot

Pauline Clague

Self

Blackhorse Lowe headshot

Blackhorse Lowe

Self

Taika Waititi headshot

Taika Waititi

Self

Desmond Tutu headshot

Desmond Tutu

Self (archive footage)