Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2019, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is a documental film directed by Hepi Mita, running about 88 minutes.

What it’s about. A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and 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 1970s 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.

Who’s in it. Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen stars Merata Mita as Self (archive footage), Hepi Mita as Self / Narrator, Rafer Rautjoki as Self and Richard Rautjoki as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen page.

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