Merata

Name: Merata
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: May 10, 2019
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Alanis Obomsawin, Awatea Mita, Eruera 'Bob' Mita, Hepi Mita, N. Bird Runningwater

2019

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ARRAY Releasing | Release Date: May 10, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alanis Obomsawin, Awatea Mita, Eruera 'Bob' Mita, Hepi Mita, N. Bird Runningwater, Rafer Rautjoki, Rhys Rautjoki, Richard Rautjoki, Taika Waititi

Summary: A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita, Merata is an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent politicalA documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita, Merata is an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the ‘70s and ‘80s highlighted injustices for Māori people, and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.… Expand

Director: Hepi Mita

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Nick Rocco Scalia

May 9, 2019

Although Hepi admits that he still has a lot of questions regarding his late mother – and his audience is bound to have theirs, as well – he’s nevertheless put together a stirring, deeply personal, and hard-hitting profile that goes a long way toward illuminating and immortalizing Mita’s contributions to Maori culture and world cinema as a whole. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

May 9, 2019

Fascinating and insightful if also (perhaps necessarily) somewhat checkered. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 10, 2019

At its intimate best, Merata is an embrace and an education, a son’s love letter and for cineastes, a celebration of inclusion and voice. Read full review

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