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14 feb 2019 · Radical cinema — We speak to director Hepi Mita, whose new documentary explores the life and work of his mother, Merata – a director, producer and activist, who remains the only Māori woman to have directed a narrative feature in New Zealand. “Archiving is a type of resurrection,” explains director Hepi Mita at the beginning of his ...
Mauri - With Mauri, Merata Mita became the first Māori woman to direct a dramatic feature alone. Set around a love triangle, Mauri (meaning life force) explores cultural tensions, identity, and changing ways of life in a East Coast town. Along with Ngāti the previous year, Mauri played a key role in the rise of Māori cinema. The crew of 33 Māori and 20 Pākehā included interns from Hawkes ...
Patu! - Merata Mita’s Patu! charts the protests that took place across New Zealand in the winter of 1981, before and during a South African rugby tour. Testament to the courage and faith of both the marchers and a large team of filmmakers, the feature documentary is seen as a landmark in New Zealand screen history.
Heperi Mita will present his film in person at its NZIFF screenings. By the time the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita died suddenly in 2010, she had packed an extraordinary amount of action into her 68 years. If her youngest son Heperi Mita became a film archivist and a filmmaker in order to discover the stories she did ...
Patu! is a 1983 New Zealand documentary film directed by Merata Mita about the controversial 1981 Springbok tour. It follows the inner workings of the campaign against the tour, and captures scenes of violent conflict between police and protesters. It is a significant work of activist and indigenous filmmaking, and of New Zealand filmmaking in ...
30 mag 2024 · The Merata Mita Collection - This collection is devoted to Māori filmmaker Merata Mita — a proud and clear voice for the rights of indigenous peoples to tell their own stories on screen. Watch interviews, legendary Springbok tour documentary Patu!, clips from movie Mauri, and much more. NZ On Screen is also immensely proud of the trio of writers who join us to explore both Merata's ...
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the largest art institution in New Zealand, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. These include major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists, as well as European painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 1376 to the present day.
