Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

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.

Main Cast

Cliff Curtis

Himself

Age : 55 | Popularity : 27%

Hone Kaa

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

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

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