Person

Merata Mita

Directing · 1942–2010 · Maketu, New Zealand

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.

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  Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

  Self (Footage)

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  Boy

  Co-Producer

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  The Land Has Eyes

  Executive Producer

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  Utu

  Matu

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  Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

  Self (archive footage)

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  Making Utu

  Self

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  Hotere

  Director

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  Spooked

  Producer

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  Mauri

  Director

• Kaleidoscope

  Subject

• 2020MarchDirector
• 2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenSelf (archive footage)
• 2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaSelf (Footage)
• 2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataDirector
• 2010Papa Mau: The WayfinderExecutive Producer
• 2010My WeaponryProducer
• 2010BoyCo-Producer
• 2004SpookedProducer
• 2004The Land Has EyesExecutive Producer
• 2001HotereDirector
• 1999Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the SingerSelf
• 1996DreadWriter
• 1990Mana WakaDirector
• 1988MauriDirector
• 1987KaleidoscopeSubject
• 1984UtuMatu
• 1983Patu!Director
• 1983Making UtuSelf
• 1983Kinleith '80Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1980Bastion Point: Day 507Producer
• 1979Keskidee ArohaScreenplay
• —The DrumDirector