Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) featured a cast of 19 tracked actors. Of these, 4 (67%) are still alive today and 2 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Alanis Obomsawin, age 94. This film starred Merata Mita and Hepi Mita.
67% still with us· verified cast21% of full cast · incl. 13 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 67% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 78.5 yrs
Deaths by Year
2010
2021
Cast19 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Merata Mita Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/06/1942 | 67 | 31/05/2010 | 77 |
Hepi Mita Self - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rafer Rautjoki Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Richard Rautjoki Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rhys Rautjoki Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Awatea Mita Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Eruera Mita Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Alanis Obomsawin Self | Self | Living | 31/08/1932 | 94 | — | 87 |
Jesse Wente Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Heather Rae Self | Self | Living | 01/10/1966 | 60 | — | 53 |
| Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Sterlin Harjo Self | Self | Living | 14/11/1979 | 46 | — | 40 |
Pauline Clague Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Blackhorse Lowe Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Taika Waititi Self | Self | Living | 16/08/1975 | 51 | — | 44 |
 Desmond Tutu Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 07/10/1931 | 90 | 26/12/2021 | 88 |
