Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen

Directed by Hepi Mita
2019    88mDocumentary, Biography
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Documentary portrait of pioneering filmmaker and mother Merata Mita, detailing how her filmmaking intersected with the lives of her children and indigenous filmmakers globally, and featuring rare archival footage dating back to 1977.

Where to Watch Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen

  • Merata MitaSelf (archive footage)
  • Hepi MitaSelf - Narrator (voice) / Director / Writer
  • Rafer RautjokiSelf
  • Richard RautjokiSelf
  • Rhys RautjokiSelf
  • Awatea MitaSelf / Production Assistant
  • Eruera MitaSelf
  • Alanis ObomsawinSelf
  • Jesse WenteSelf
  • C.M. Kaliko BakerSelf
  • Tammy Haili'opua BakerSelf
  • Heather RaeSelf
  • Bird RunningwaterSelf
  • Andrew Okpeaha MacLeanSelf
  • Sterlin HarjoSelf
  • Pauline ClagueSelf
  • Blackhorse LoweSelf
  • Taika WaititiSelf
  • Desmond TutuSelf (archive footage)
  • Cliff CurtisExecutive Producer

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