Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

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Released January 28, 2019

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.

Runtime

1h 28m


Origin Country

New Zealand


Original Language

English


Original Title

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • New Zealand

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • (Maori)

Production Companies

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    New Zealand Film Commission

    New Zealand

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    Te Māngai Pāho

    New Zealand

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