Merata Mita

DirectingBorn: 1942-06-19Place of Birth: Maketu, New Zealand

Biography

Merata Mita, CNZM was a New Zealand actress and filmmaker, as well as a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāi Te Rangi.

Known For

Utu

Matu

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Self (Footage)

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Kaleidoscope

Subject

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Self (archive footage)

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Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Self

Making Utu

Self

Kinleith '80

Self - Narrator (voice)