Whale Rider 20th Anniversary Edition

"In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future"

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.

Details

Format: DVD
Genre: New Zealand
Rating: PG
Release Date: 09 11 2022
Production Year: 2002
Run Time: 101
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Adult Themes| Low Level Coarse Language
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: Niki Caro

Actors: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis