Whale Rider

    Whale Rider
    2003

    Synopsis

    On the east coast of New Zealand, 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. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

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    Cast

    • Keisha Castle-HughesPaikea Apirana
    • Rawiri ParateneKoro
    • Vicky HaughtonNanny Flowers
    • Cliff CurtisPorourangi
    • Grant RoaUncle Rawiri
    • Mana TaumaunuHemi
    • Rachel HouseShilo
    • Taungaroa EmileWillie
    • Tammy DavisDog
    • Mabel WharekawaMaka

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