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Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018)
89 min | Documentary, Biography

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Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018)

89 min | Documentary, Biography

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.

Director

Hepi Mita (as Heperi Mita)

Producer

Chelsea Winstanley (producer)

Cinematographer

Mike Jonathan

Editors

Annie Collins (consulting editor) | Te Rurehe Paki

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Release date

Jan 28, 2019 (United States)

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
10 cast members

Name	Known for
Awatea Mita Self Self See fewer	Utu (1983)
Eruera 'Bob' Mita Self Self See fewer	Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018)
Hepi Mita Self (as Heperi Mita) Self (as Heperi Mita) See fewer	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (2009)
Merata Mita Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Boy (I) (2010)
Alanis Obomsawin Self Self See fewer	Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Rafer Rautjoki Self Self See fewer	The Brylcreem Boys (2022)
Rhys Rautjoki Self Self See fewer	Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018)
Richard Rautjoki Self Self See fewer	Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen (2018)
N. Bird Runningwater Self Self See fewer	Fancy Dance (2023)
Taika Waititi Self Self See fewer	What We Do in the Shadows (2014)