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Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Birthday: 1942-06-19

Place 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.

Movies

Making Utu
Making Utu

Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money a...

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Kinleith '80
Kinleith '80

Covers the 12-week-long strike at Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill, owned by New Zealand Forest Products...

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Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer...

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Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zeal...

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Utu
Utu

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land gu...

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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her ...

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