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A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. This feature is not available right now. Only left in stock - order soon. The film also contains a strong leadership theme.

This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at birth. The indie film Whale Rider is an engrossing character drama with an inspirational message. Whale Rider arrives in theaters already proven as one of the great audience-grabbers of recent years.

It won the audience awards as the most popular film at both the Toronto and Sundance film festivals, played to standing ovations, left audiences in tears. I recite these facts right at the top of. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Actress: Whale Rider. Based on the novel of the same name by Maori writer Witi Ihimaera, Whale Rider is a unique family drama directed Niki Caro.

On the eastern coast of New Zealan the Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. WHALE RIDER is set in the Maori community of New Zealand. According to legen the Maori came to Whangara when their great leader Paikea led them by riding on a whale. Ever since, the Maori have been led by the descendants of that leader.

The movie begins with the birth of twins, the latest in that line. But the boy twin and his mother die. By tradition, the leader should be the first-born son a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea, aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book, the Whale Rider he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However, Pai is female and technically cannot inherit the leadership.

Whale Rider A young Māori girl fights to fulfil her destiny in her tribe, struggling against her traditional grandfather and the belief that only a male heir can become the next chief. On the east coast of New Zealan the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. Based on a novel by Witi Ihimaera (author of the Whale Rider ), Kawa is a man who must become the leader of the family after his father retires.

A husband and father, he realizes that in order to lead with integrity, he must come out and be honest about his own life, even though it will test the boundaries of acceptance and unconditional love.

Whale Rider is essentially about leadership and the fact that leadership presents itself in the form of a young girl,” states its director, Niki Caro. Such feminist sentiments certainly inhabit the movie , but they’re not forceful by any means. Whale Rider is a mystical, gentle movie that goes beyond the boundaries of the usual coming-of-age film.