We use cookies to help us understand how you use our site, and make your experience better. To find out more read our privacy policy.
Play

00:00

/

00:00

Full screen
Video quality

Low 0 MB

High 0 MB

HD 0 MB

Captions
Volume
Volume
Hero image for Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Film (Trailer) – 2018

Merata Mita argued forcefully that the voices of Māori and of women were sorely lacking on-screen. Best known for her Springbok tour documentary Patu!, the straight-talking director and actor later set up an indigenous filmmaking programme in Hawai'i, and spoke about indigenous film around the globe. After Mita passed away in 2010, her youngest son Hepi began making a film about her — discovering new sides to his mother as he trawled through footage, and interviewed his older siblings. The feature-length documentary debuted at the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

I don't think they could live with a dull mother now. They expect the level of political and intellectual stimulation they get around here.
– Merata Mita on her older sons, in The Auckland Star, 23 June 1987, page B1

Key Cast & Crew

Generic Profile image for Hepi Mita

Hepi Mita

Director

Profile image for Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Subject

Profile image for Chelsea Winstanley

Chelsea Winstanley

Producer

Generic Profile image for Manutai Shuster

Manutai Shuster

Associate Producer

Profile image for Desray Armstrong

Desray Armstrong

Post-Production Supervisor

Generic Profile image for Te Rūrehe Paki

Te Rūrehe Paki

Editor

See all 17 credits

Produced by

Logo for Ārama Pictures

Ārama Pictures

Source

Logo for Ārama Pictures

Ārama Pictures