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.
Genres:
Documentary
Original Title
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Original Language
English
Production Country
New Zealand
Release Date
01/28/2019
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019·88 min
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.