NEW ZEALAND FILM
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
MauriMerata 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 >> |
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenHeperi 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 Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |