Merata Mita

Merata Mita

6/19/1942 – 5/31/2010Maketu, 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 (7 titles)

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen6.7Movie

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaMovie

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Self (Footage) · 2016

Movie

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Self · 1999

Movie

Kaleidoscope

Subject · 1987

Utu7.0Movie

Utu

Matu · 1984

Making UtuMovie

Making Utu

Self · 1983

Kinleith '80Movie

Kinleith '80

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1983