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Cast
Merata Mita | As: Self (archive footage) | |
Hepi Mita | As: Self - Narrator (voice) | |
Rafer Rautjoki | As: Self | |
Richard Rautjoki | As: Self | |
Rhys Rautjoki | As: Self |
Storyline
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.
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Cast
Merata Mita |
Self (archive footage) |
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Hepi Mita |
Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Rafer Rautjoki |
Self |
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Richard Rautjoki |
Self |
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Rhys Rautjoki |
Self |
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Awatea Mita |
Self |
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Eruera Mita |
Self |
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Alanis Obomsawin |
Self |
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Jesse Wente |
Self |
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C.M. Kaliko Baker |
Self |
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Tammy Haili'opua Baker |
Self |
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Heather Rae |
Self |
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Bird Runningwater |
Self |
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Andrew Okpeaha MacLean |
Self |
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Sterlin Harjo |
Self |
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Pauline Clague |
Self |
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Blackhorse Lowe |
Self |
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Taika Waititi |
Self |
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Desmond Tutu |
Self (archive footage) |
Directed By
Hepi Mita |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Hepi Mita |
Writer |
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Tearepa Kahi |
Creative Producer |
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Production Crew
Cliff Curtis |
Executive Producer |
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Chelsea Winstanley |
Producer |
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Manutai Schuster |
Associate Producer |
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Awatea Mita |
Production Assistant |
Edited By
Te Rurehe Paki |
Editor |
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Annie Collins |
Consulting Editor |
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Angela Boyd |
Online Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Dick Reade |
Sound Editor |
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Tama Waipara |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Mike Jonathan |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
Desray Armstrong |
Post Production Supervisor |
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