Whale Rider                                       2002

 

New Zealand drama in which an 11-year-old girl challenges the accepted wisdom of her people in a bid to become an elder of her Maori tribe. Though she dearly loves her grandfather, she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to promote what she believes to be her destiny in a staunchly patriarchal society.

 

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Rawiri Paratene

Vicky Haughton

Cliff Curtis

Grant Roa

Mana Taumaunu

Director: Niki Caro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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