Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

6.7 /10 7 votes
January 28, 2019 1h 28m Released

Storyline

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.

Key Information

Director Hepi Mita
Writers Hepi Mita, Tearepa Kahi
Studio New Zealand Film Commission
Rating 6.7/10
Language EN

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Cast & Crew

Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Self (archive footage)

Hepi Mita

Self - Narrator (voice)

Rafer Rautjoki

Self

Richard Rautjoki

Self

Rhys Rautjoki

Self

Awatea Mita

Self

Eruera Mita

Self

Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Self

Jesse Wente

Self

C.M. Kaliko Baker

Self

Tammy Haili'opua Baker

Self

Heather Rae

Heather Rae

Self

Frequently Asked Questions

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen was released on January 28, 2019.

The runtime of Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is 1h 28m.

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is a Documentary movie.

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 on TMDB.

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen was directed by Hepi Mita.

The main cast of Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen includes Merata Mita, Hepi Mita, Rafer Rautjoki.

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is originally in English.