Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

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Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

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This episode of the show on Kiwi artists follows Māori screen pioneer Merata Mita. Mita produced vital work anchored in culture and community. This extract looks at the day police arrested 200+ protesters at Bastion Point, on 25 May 1978. Mita and protest leader Joe Hawke reveal how the occupation shaped Mita's concerns as a filmmaker: "It was life, it was a transformation". Included is footage from Bastion Point: Day 507 — which Mita directed with Gerd Pohlmann and Leon Narbey — plus Patu, M...

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Video

Date created

2007

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kete-aronui-merata-mita-2007

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indigenous filmmaking / police / merata mita / joe hawke / bastion point / documentary / political filmmaking / land protests / māori battalion / women / film

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