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Merata Mita is a key figure in the story of Māori filmmaking. Through documentaries, interviews and her only dramatic feature Mauri, she was a passionate voice for Māori and an advocate for social change – NZ on Screen 
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Mauri

Merata Mita
​New Zealand  ·  1988
 
The first narrative feature written and directed by a Māori woman follows a prison escapee (Anzac Wallace) who hides out in an isolated East Coast community in the 1950s. 

​“I am very proud to have made something for us, so relentless and uncompromising.” – Merata Mita

​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>​

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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Heperi Mita
New Zealand  ·  ​2018
 
The career of Merata Mita, pioneering Māori filmmaker and international champion of women in indigenous film, is celebrated by her youngest son, collaborating with his siblings to deliver a richly personal portrait..

​“It wasn’t money or power or war that decolonised the screen. It was a mother’s love.” – Heperi Mita
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​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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