Merata Mita

Directing

Born June 19, 1942 — Died May 31, 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.

Movies(7)

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Self (archive footage)

2019

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Self (Footage)

2016

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Self

1999

Kaleidoscope

Subject

1987

Utu

Matu

1984

Making Utu

Self

1983

Kinleith '80

Self - Narrator (voice)

1983