Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2018)

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A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the ‘70s and ‘80s highlighted injustices for Māori people, and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.

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Description

Director

Heperi Mita

Stars

C.M. Kaliko Baker

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Keywords

new zealand, indigenous, portrait of a filmmaker, maori

Production

New Zealand Film Commission

Actor

Merata Mita, Rafer Rautjoki, Richard Rautjoki, Rhys Rautjoki, Awatea Mita, Eruera Mita, Heperi Mita, Alanis Obomsawin, Jesse Wente, C.M. Kaliko Baker, Tammy Haili'opua Baker, Heather Rae, Bird Runningwater, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Sterlin Harjo, Pauline Clague, Blackhorse Lowe, Taika Waititi, Desmond Tutu

Creators

Cliff Curtis (Executive Producer), Annie Collins (Consulting Editor), Tearepa Kahi (Creative Producer), Chelsea Winstanley (Producer), Dick Reade (Sound Editor), Desray Armstrong (Post Production Supervisor), Angela Boyd (Online Editor), Heperi Mita (Director), Mike Jonathan (Director of Photography), Te Rurehe Paki (Editor), Tama Waipara (Music), Awatea Mita (Production Assistant), Manutai Schuster (Associate Producer)

Alternative titles

Te Taki A Merata Mita – How Mum Decolonised The Screen (NZ)
Merata (US)
Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen (US)

Release dates

28.01.2019 (US)
12.05.2019 (US)
10.02.2019 (DE)
02.08.2018 (NZ)