Playwright Larissa Fasthorse on Filmmaker Merata Mita.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people) in motion pictures.

Indigenous films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Merata Mita - filmmaker, teacher, activist, storyteller, wife, mother of six- did it all. And in doing so, she changed the lens through which her people were seen. Born in New Zealand, raised in the traditional teachings of the indigenous Polynesian people known as the Maori, Mita used film and video to reach her high school students, most of whom were Maori and considered "unteachable." This multi-faceted artist went on to become her culture's first female writer/producer/director of a feature film. Playwright Larissa FastHorse tells of her mentor's influence on other indigenous artists as well as the impact Merata Mita made possible by giving voice and value to her own stories and those of her people.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2024).

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