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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)

ALL 01/28/2019 (en) Documentary 88 Min
  • Release
    01/28/2019
  • Production
    New Zealand Film Commission
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.

  1. Hepi Mita

    Director

  2. Story



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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) 88 Min

ALL 01/28/2019 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/28/2019
  • Production
    New Zealand Film Commission
  • Original title Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.

  1. Hepi Mita

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Te Rurehe Paki

    Editor

  4. Chelsea Winstanley

    Producer



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