Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

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Merata Mita argued forcefully that the voices of Māori and of women were sorely lacking on-screen. Best known for Springbok tour documentary Patu!, the straight-talking director and actor ran an indigenous filmmaking programme in Hawai'i, and inspired indigenous directors in Aotearoa and abroad. After Mita passed away in 2010, her youngest son Heperi began making a film about her — discovering new sides to his mother while trawling through old films and talking to his siblings. The feature-le...

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Video

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2018

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/merata-how-mum-decolonised-the-screen-2018

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maori cinema / maori film / filmmaking / directing / māori cinema / māori film / indigenous cinema / richard rautjoki / eruera mita / 2018 / the quiet earth / patu / patu! / utu / rafer rautjoki / rhys rautjoki / awatea mita / family / children / archive footage / unreleased films / parents / whanau / memory / protest / sprngbok tour / 1981 tour / home movies / mother / motherhood / eva rickard / treaty of waitangi / te tiriti o waitangi / robert mugabe / interview / reggae / parenthood / whānau / hīkoi to waitangi / waitangi hīkoi / ngā taonga / archival films

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