Jesse Wente

Jesse Wente

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Title: Stay Tooned
Character: Self - Guest
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: TV
A six-part series that takes viewers on a deep dive through some animated favourites to explore how these cartoons have shaped society.
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Title: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Title: Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.