Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2018)
Merata Mita, pioneering Māori filmmaker and international champion of women in indigenous film, is celebrated by her youngest son, archivist Heperi Mita, collaborating with his siblings to deliver a richly personal portrait.
Primary Title
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Date Broadcast
- Monday 13 July 2020
Release Year
- 2018
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 10
Duration
- 100:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Merata Mita, pioneering Māori filmmaker and international champion of women in indigenous film, is celebrated by her youngest son, archivist Heperi Mita, collaborating with his siblings to deliver a richly personal portrait.
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- Maori
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Mita, Merata, 1942-2010
- Motion picture producers and directors--New Zealand
- Indigenous films
- Documentary films--New Zealand
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
Contributors
- Heperi Mita (Director)
- Chelsea Winstanley (Producer)
- Cliff Curtis (Executive Producer)
- Mike Jonathan (Director of Photography)
- Te Rurehe Paki (Editor)
- Merata Mita (Subject)
- Rafer Rautjoki (Interviewee)
- Richard Rautjoki (Interviewee)
- Rhys Rautjoki (Interviewee)
- Awatea Mita (Interviewee)
- Eruera Mita (Interviewee)
- Heperi Mita (Narrator)
- Taika Waititi (Interviewee)
- Alanis Obomsawin (Interviewee)
- Bird Runningwater (Interviewee)
- Arama Pictures (Production Unit)
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Funder)
- New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
Subjects
- Mita, Merata, 1942-2010
- Motion picture producers and directors--New Zealand
- Indigenous films
- Documentary films--New Zealand