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Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Personal Info

Birthday

June 19, 1942

Day of Death

2010-05-31

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Maketu, New Zealand

Merata Mita

Biography

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.

Known For

Utu

Kaleidoscope

Filmography

2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
as Self
1987
Kaleidoscope
as Subject
1984
Utu
as Matu
1983
Making Utu
as Self
Kinleith '80
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Utu