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- Title
- Koha - Mauri
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
Reporter Temuera Morrison visits the East Coast to capture the making of Mauri, the first movie directed solo by a Māori woman. Writer/director Merata Mita argues it is time to "see our own people" up on the screen — and behind the camera. Mita's drama is "about birth and death, and all that takes place between". Actors Zac Wallace (Utu) and Eva Rickard are interviewed, and locals add their thoughts on watching a film being made. There are also glimpses of the sets and (at the end), their des...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1987
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/koha-mauri-1987
- Related subjects
- indigenous filmmaking / indigenous film / māori film / māori filmmaking / behind the scenes / filmmaking / film making / eva rickard / ralph hotere / east coast / te kaha / okarae / merata mita / mauri / maori filmmaking / costumes / mutton point / film set / lottin point / film crew / wind machine / 1980s / eighties / night shoot / matakite / tracking shot / ngāti / māoritanga / 1987 / 1988 / location filming / on location
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