Whale rider [videorecording] / an Alliance Films release ; New Market Films, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia Pandora Film in association with the New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission and NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; produced by Tim Sanders, John Barnett and Frank Hüber ; written and directed by Niki Caro.
Title from container. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis. Based on the book The whale rider by Witi Ihimaera. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: Director commentary; deleted scenes; "Te Waka:" building the canoe featurette; behind the scenes of Whale rider featurette; art gallery; story board gallery; theatrical trailer and TV spots.
Summary:
A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people. With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order to fulfill her destiny.
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