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May 12, 2019 · Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen. 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.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Hepi Mita
- 2019-05-12
Feb 10, 2019 · New Zealand film archivist-turned-director Heperi Mita explores the life and legacy of his mother, Merata Mita, the first Indigenous woman to have ever directed a feature, in 'Merata: How...
May 10, 2019 · Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. An examination of the life and work of indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita.
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- Awatea Mita
- Hepi Mita
- Documentary, Biography
Feb 10, 2019 · The truth that Mita reveals in his debut film, Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen, provides a corrective view to the idealized image of a land of Hobbits and social justice. The...
The sudden death of pioneering Māori filmmaker Merata Mita in 2010 led her son on a journey to uncover a story of a mother’s love that changed the landscape of indigenous participation in film...
- 3 min
- 9.3K
- RialtoDistribution
Apr 26, 2019 · Merata Mita showed the outbreak of civil disobedience as protests erupted in response to the tour and its insensitive racial undertones in a nation so affected by colonialism. Mita vividly conveys his mother’s ability to harness the power of documentary for speaking truth to power.
Oct 19, 2020 · Merata: How Mum Decolonized The Screen. from Urban Boutiq PRO on October 19, 2020. Receive Updates. Share your email with the creator & receive updates via Vimeo. Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show.
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