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Merata Mita

"Mauri"Mauri
(1988, 99 min.) AOTEAROA/NEW ZELAND
Director: Merata Mita (Maori)
Writer: Merata Mita (Maori)
Actors: Anzac Wallace, Eva Rickard, James Hayward

The filmmaker’s breakthrough dramatic feature (the first to be directed by a Maori woman) is set in the 1950s in a small Maori community facing an eroding future. The arrival of a mysterious stranger sets fateful events in motion.

Image credit: Merata Mita on set of The Last Outlaw; Still from Mauri

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