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Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Niki Caro. Based on the 1987 novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe.
The Whale Rider is a 1987 novel by New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. In 2002 it was adapted into a film, Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro. Plot Carving of Paikea at Whangara's marae. Set in the 1980s in Whangara, a Māori community on the eastern edge of New Zealand's North Island, the novel is a retelling of the myth of Paikea.
A comprehensive literature guide to Witi Ihimaera's novel The Whale Rider, set in the Maori Renaissance of New Zealand. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, terms, symbols, and more.
Whale Rider: Directed by Niki Caro. With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis. A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- Niki Caro
- 2 min
17 de out. de 2022 · Whale Rider 20th Anniversary Edition - Official Trailer. Madman Films. 247K subscribers. Subscribed. 429. 64K views 1 year ago 2 products. On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people...
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88% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings. Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a Maori tribe in New Zealand. This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at...
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- Kids & Family, Drama
- PG-13
A young Maori girl fights to fulfill her destiny as the leader of her tribe, despite tradition and resistance from her grandfather. The film follows her journey of love, rejection and triumph, and features a whale as a symbol of her ancestry and power.
