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Whale Rider.

Caro, Niki, (film director.). Curtis, Cliff, (actor.). Castle-Hughes, Keisha, (actor.). Paratene, Rawiri, (actor.). Haughton, Vicky, (actor.). Shout Factory (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
remote
Publisher: Shout Factory, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. Multi-User.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cliff Curtis, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Shout Factory in 2002.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language Note:	In English,Maori