(Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata)

Content: 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.

Countries:

New Zealand

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

86 minutes

Year:

2011

Directors:

Merata Mita

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Production companies:

Ora digital

Actors:

Himself

Himself

Crews:

Cinematography

Production Manager

Editor

Producer

Sound Post Production Coordinator