Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019, English. Directed by Hepi Mita.
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 January 2019.
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- Released
- 28 January 2019
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- Hepi Mita
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 January 2019. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen?
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) was directed by Hepi Mita and stars Merata Mita, Hepi Mita, Rafer Rautjoki.