Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata (2011)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 26M

Director : Merata Mita

Synopsis

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata is the final work of director Merata Mita, who passed away suddenly before the film could be completed. The film addresses some of the deepest and most distressing issues Māori communities face, and shows how extraordinary creative solutions are being provided by Māori communities themselves. Mita asks Maori men to front up to some grim realities by talking openly and honestly about the violence and abuse that has plagued their communities for many years. The film is a personal response to this violence, with Mita making a case for a return to an older model of Maori manhood, when men were the ones who sweetly sang the children to sleep. “Merata intended the documentary to count in ways that mattered deeply to her and to change perceptions of abuse and violence by using themes of responsibility, redemption, revitalisation, forgiveness and, most of all, love.” - Carol Hirschfeld, Māori Television.

Actors

Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis
Himself
Hone Kaa
Hone Kaa
Himself

Crews

Merata Mita
Merata Mita
Director
Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis
Co-Producer
Merata Mita
Merata Mita
Producer
Chelsea Winstanley
Chelsea Winstanley
Producer
Rewa Harre
Rewa Harre
Cinematography
Annie Collins
Annie Collins
Editor
Desray Armstrong
Desray Armstrong
Production Manager
Dick Reade
Dick Reade
Sound Post Production Coordinator