| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 28, 2019 |
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| Director: | Hepi Mita |
| Writer: | Hepi Mita |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | indigenous, new zealand, maori, portrait of a filmmaker |
| Production Companies | New Zealand Film Commission, Te Māngai Pāho |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Merata Mita | Self (archive footage) |
| Hepi Mita | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Rafer Rautjoki | Self |
| Richard Rautjoki | Self |
| Rhys Rautjoki | Self |
| Awatea Mita | Self |
| Eruera Mita | Self |
| Alanis Obomsawin | Self |
| Jesse Wente | Self |
| C.M. Kaliko Baker | Self |
| Tammy Haili'opua Baker | Self |
| Heather Rae | Self |
| Bird Runningwater | Self |
| Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | Self |
| Sterlin Harjo | Self |
| Pauline Clague | Self |
| Blackhorse Lowe | Self |
| Taika Waititi | Self |
| Desmond Tutu | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hepi Mita | Writer, Director |
| Mike Jonathan | Director of Photography |
| Te Rurehe Paki | Editor |
| Tearepa Kahi | Creative Producer |
| Annie Collins | Consulting Editor |
| Angela Boyd | Online Editor |
| Dick Reade | Sound Editor |
| Tama Waipara | Music |
| Awatea Mita | Production Assistant |
| Desray Armstrong | Post Production Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Manutai Schuster | Associate Producer |
| Chelsea Winstanley | Producer |
| Cliff Curtis | Executive Producer |
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