Merata Mita
Known for Directing
Born June 19, 1942
Died May 31, 2010
Place of Birth Maketu, New Zealand
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
Utu
1984
as Matu
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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Kaleidoscope
1987
as Subject
Making Utu
1983
as Self
Kinleith '80
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016
as Self (Footage)
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Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
1999
as Self