Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

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2019· Hepi Mita· 88 min
Documentary
Coming Soon

The son of pioneering Māori filmmaker Merata Mita discovers the visionary artist he never knew through hours of unseen archive footage.

Why watch: The first woman from any Indigenous nation to solely direct a feature film.
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Cast

Merata Mita as Self (archive footage)
Hepi Mita as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rafer Rautjoki as Self
Richard Rautjoki as Self
Rhys Rautjoki as Self
Awatea Mita as Self
Eruera Mita as Self
Alanis Obomsawin as Self
Jesse Wente as Self
C.M. Kaliko Baker as Self
Tammy Haili'opua Baker as Self
Heather Rae as Self
Bird Runningwater as Self
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean as Self
Sterlin Harjo as Self

Crew

Hepi Mita — Director
Hepi Mita — Writer
Chelsea Winstanley — Producer
Cliff Curtis — Executive Producer
Mike Jonathan — Director of Photography
Te Rurehe Paki — Editor

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