Documentary portrait of pioneering filmmaker and mother Merata Mita, detailing how her filmmaking intersected with the lives of her children and indigenous filmmakers globally, and featuring rare archival footage dating back to. Critic Reviews for Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. Though Merata never shies away from the more uncomfortable realities of its subject's life - broken marriages, poverty, clashes with the authorities, and so on - Hepi's love and respect for his mum still resonates through nearly every frame.
Heat Vision Box Office Reviews Archives. The legacy and personal life of the late New Zealand filmmaker Merata Mita are brought to life in the documentary Merata: How Mum. The New Zealand documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen lays it all out in the title.
It's a tribute to the fiercely committed film-maker Merata Mita by her son Hepi - and it makes very few attempts to sugar-coat Mita's life or her message. Movie reviews for Merata How Mum Decolonised The Screen. Synopsis: A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen is an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman. I recently watched Once Were Despite a storyline and a life that defied convention and rebelled against convention and the colonist's ideals of what makes a film, this movie is executed in a. NOW Magazine Movies & TV Reviews Hot Docs Review: Merata This isn't just a straightforward, albeit fascinating, biography of the world's first female Maori filmmaker, Merata Mita - it's also a quest by her youngest son, filmmaker Hepi Mita, to understand who she was before she was "mum." Follow RNZ: At The Movies to never miss another show. Join free & follow RNZ: At The Movies.
Trailer Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
In How Mum Decolonised the Screen director Heperi Mita (Merata's youngest son) takes us through a whānau journey that brings to the fore the many experiences that both shaped and motivated his mother's life and work. When whānau share their stories of those they love it is layered, like a well. Director Hepi Mita's documentary provides an intimate portrait of his own mother: pioneering feminist and M?ori filmmaker, Merata Mita.
Merata Mita argued forcefully that the voices of Māori and of women were sorely lacking on-screen. Best known for her Springbok tour documentary Patu!, the straight-talking director and actor later set up an indigenous filmmaking programme in Hawai'i, and spoke about indigenous film around the globe. New Zealand film archivist Heperi Mita traces the cinematic legacy of his mother and trailblazing Maori filmmaker Merata Mita. In MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, Merata's youngest son, Hepi, crafts a deeply intimate portrait of his late mother.