Merata Mita

Directing

June 19, 1942

Maketu, New Zealand

7 movies

2.0 avg

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

2010s

2 films

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

as Self (archive footage)

20196.7

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

as Self (Footage)

2016

1990s

1 film

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

as Self

1999

1980s

4 films

Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1987

Making Utu

as Self

1983

Utu

as Matu

19837.0

Kinleith '80

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1983