
“Storytelling Is Our Right; Filmmaking Is Our Privilege”: Meet the 2019 Merata Mita Fellows
The Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists pays tribute to the immense artistic contributions of Merata Mita (Ngāti Pikiao/Ngāi Te Rangi), who served as an artistic director to our Native Filmmakers Lab and was the first Indigenous woman—and the only Māori woman—to write and direct a dramatic feature film. The fellowship serves to continue Merata’s legacy and cultivate a stage for other Indigenous women around the world to tell their stories. Applications for the 2020 fellowship are open from October 8 to October 28—for more information, visit the application page.