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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

6.7/10 2019 1h 28m Released
Documentary

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.

Director: Hepi Mita
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Top 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

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