Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
6.7
2019
1h 28m
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.
Movie Information
Status
Released
Release Date
January 28, 2019
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.7
(7 votes)
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
New Zealand Film Commission
Te Māngai Pāho
Overview
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.
