Merata Mita

DeceasedKnown for Directing

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.

Filmography

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016
as Self (Footage)
No poster
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
1999
as Self
No poster
Kaleidoscope
1987
as Subject
Making Utu
1983
as Self
Utu
1983
as Matu
Kinleith '80
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Merata Mita

Biography

Filmography

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Kaleidoscope

Making Utu

Utu

Kinleith '80