1. Whale Rider | Rotten Tomatoes
Cast & Crew ; Niki Caro thumbnail image. Niki Caro. Director ; Keisha Castle-Hughes thumbnail image. Keisha Castle-Hughes. Paikea "Pai" Apirana ; Rawiri Paratene ...
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 birth. However his twin sister, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), survives. At age 12, she enlists the help of her grandmother (Vicky Haughton) and the training of her uncle (Grant Roa) to claim her birthright. But to break with convention, she'll have to do the impossible: win over her ultra-traditional grandfather (Rawiri Paratene).
2. Whale Rider - New Zealand Film Commission
Director of Photography. Leon Narbey. Editor. David Coulson. Festival/Awards: 2002: Toronto International Film Festival - People's Choice Award / 2003: Sundance ...
Niki Caro's second feature Whale Rider has become the top grossing NZ feature ever released in the USA (except for The Lord of The Rings) and its young star was nominated for an Academy Award.
3. Whale Rider (2003) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Director. Niki Caro. Director. Cast. Keisha Castle-hughes. Paikea · Rawiri Paratene. Koro · Vicky Haughton. Nanny Flowers · Cliff Curtis. Porourangi · Rawinia ...
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 have always been the first-born...
4. Whale Rider | Film - NZ On Screen
Written and directed by Niki Caro, the movie is based on Witi Ihimaera's novel The Whale Rider. Coupling a specific sense of place and culture with a universal ...
Whale Rider - Whale Rider follows a young Māori girl, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), who challenges tradition and embraces the past in order to find the strength to lead her people forward. Written and directed by Niki Caro, the movie is based on Witi Ihimaera's novel The Whale Rider. Coupling a specific sense of place and culture with a universal coming-of-age story, Whale Rider became one of the most successful New Zealand films released internationally. It also won Audience Choice awards at the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals. Castle-Hughes become one of the youngest actors to be nominated for a leading role at the Academy Awards.
5. Crucial21DbW: Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro - Directed by Women
Dec 31, 2019 · #Crucial21DbW: Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro. Whale Rider spoke to me in a way no other film had before. Share this:.
Whale Rider spoke to me in a way no other film had before.
6. Whale Rider Movie Review | Common Sense Media
Sep 18, 2024 · Writer-director Niki Caro's sensitive filmmaking does justice to the moving story (based on a book by Witi Ihimaera) The modest buildings in ...
Excellent, gorgeous Māori drama has uplifting messages. Read Common Sense Media's Whale Rider review, age rating, and parents guide.
7. Review of WHALE RIDER - Mark Reviews Movies
Writer/director Niki Caro's Whale Rider is the closest thing to discovering a vibrant new cinematic voice that I've seen in years. It's an enchanting fable ...
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8. Whale Rider - A Production by South Pacific Pictures
Whale Rider ; Writer. Niki Caro ; Director. Niki Caro ; Producers. John Barnett, Tim Sanders, Frank Hubner ; Executive Producers. Bill Gavin, Linda Goldstein ...
Based on the novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the Oscar nominated feature film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea, a young Māori girl who struggles prove to her grandfather that she is the next leader of their tribe.
9. New Zealand Writer/Director Niki Caro Talks About "Whale Rider" - Indiewire
Jun 6, 2003 · Girl Power: New Zealand Writer/Director Niki Caro Talks About "Whale Rider"
Girl Power: New Zealand Writer/Director Niki Caro Talks About "Whale Rider"
10. Whale Rider movie review & film summary (2003) | Roger Ebert
A 12-year-old Maori girl who dreams of becoming the chief of her people. Sounds too ethnic, uplifting and feminist, right?
"Whale Rider" arrives in theaters already proven as one of the great audience-grabbers of recent years. It won the audience awards as the most popular film at
11. Whale Rider (2002) directed by Niki Caro • Reviews, film + cast
Director Director. Niki Caro. Producers Producers. Tim Sanders Frank Hübner ... 08 May 2003. TheatricalPG. Flag for Canada Canada. 09 Sep 2002. Premiere14A ...
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.
12. WHALE RIDER - PANDORA FILM Produktion
WHALE RIDER ; DIRECTOR, Niki Caro ; YEAR, 2002 ; STATUS, completed ; FESTIVALS AWARDS, 2002 Toronto Intl Film Festival: AGF People?s Choice Award - 2003 Sundance ...
SYNOPSIS In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for over 1000 years, a male heir born to the Chief succeeds to the title. The time is now. The Chief's eldest son, Porourangi, fathers twins - a boy and a girl. But the boy and his mother die in childbirth. The surviving girl is named Pai... A contemporary story of love and rejection as a young girl fights to fulfil her destiny.
13. Whale Rider - Humane Hollywood
Whale Rider (2003). This adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's 1986 novel “The Whale ... Director Niki Caro describes the whales that appear in that final scene ...
See AlsoGood Morning CafeThis adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s 1986 novel “The Whale Rider” combines a lyrical tale of Maori mysticism with one community’s struggle to uphold its traditional ways. Set in coastal New Zealand, the film tackles the creation myth of the Ngati Kanohi tribe, which believes that its leaders descend from the legendary figure Paikea – the Whale Rider. According to a thousand-year-old custom, the chief’s eldest son automatically inherits tribal leadership, but tragedy intervenes and that line is broken when son Porourangi renounces his destiny for an artistic career elsewhere. Instead we follow the story of 11-year-old Pai, Chief Koro’s spirited and scrappy granddaughter who repeatedly demonstrates the courage and dignity of a natural spiritual leader. Patriarchal pigheadedness blinds Koro to Pai’s innate gift, however, and he sets out to find a suitable boy from within the tribe to succeed him as chief. To find the new community leader, Koro creates a school where he educates a ragtag group of local boys in both the “old ways” and the qualities of a chief. Through exhausting teachings of ancient chants, tribal tradition, and warrior techniques, Koro tries fruitlessly to find a suitable successor and becomes enraged when he catches Pai practicing these ancestral customs—traditionally reserved for males—on the sly. The film comes to an emotional climax when a massive herd of whales becomes stranded on the beach and the entire village struggles unsuccessfully to return the an...
14. Whale Rider (2003) - Incluvie Movie Database
'Mulan' and 'Whale Rider': Director Niki Caro's take on Gender Inequality ... Niki Caro is one of the few woman directors to transition from independent films to ...
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 ...
15. Whale Rider handout - HUM 210
Sep 18, 2006 · Curtis. South Pacific Pictures/ApolloMedia GmbH & Co. 5/Filmproduktion KG, 2002. DVD. Newmarket Films, 2003. Film is adapted from the ...
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16. Whale Rider Reviews - Metacritic
However, as awe-inspiring and inspirational as the story to "Whale Rider" is, director Niki Caro goes to unnecessary lengths to make sure you know why the movie ...
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill her destiny. (South Pacific Pictures)
17. [PDF] WHALE RIDER - Film Education
beyond the year 2003. It's not just about a community that is faced ... ' Niki Caro, director of the film Whale Rider. DISCUSSION POINTS: 1 What does ...
18. 13 Behind-the-Scenes Facts You Never Knew About 'Whale Rider'
Jun 7, 2023 · Directed by Niki Caro (Mulan) and starring a preteen Castle-Hughes in her breakout role, Whale Rider became a sensation upon its June 2003 ...
20 years later, the feminist classic is still just as inspiring.
19. Whale rider - Colorado Mountain College
Tim (Film producer) Sanders et al., Whale Rider. Culver City, Calif., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003. MLA Citation (style guide). Sanders, Tim ...
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.
20. Whale Rider (2002) - PopMatters
Based on the novel by Maori author Witi Ihimaera and adapted by director Niki Caro, Whale Rider is part saga and part fairy tale, part kids' adventure tale and ...
"There was no gladness when I was born. " Whale Rider begins with tragedy. Noisy tragedy. A woman gives birth to two children, one stillborn
21. Whale Rider - Nick-Davis.com
Director: Niki Caro. Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu, Rachel House, Taungaroa Emile, Rawinia ...
22. Whale Rider - PMC
Aug 23, 2003 · Written and directed by Niki Caro On general release Rating:
Written and directed by Niki Caro On general release Rating: ★★
23. AFI Movie Club: WHALE RIDER | American Film Institute
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Based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera, WHALE RIDER – adapted and directed by Niki Caro – tells the story of a spirited, young Māori girl, Paikea (Keisha Castle-Hughes), who challenges her grandfather and over a thousand years of tradition to become the next leader of her tribe. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch WHALE RIDER Now WHALE RIDER - Reelgood {
24. Endless Summer: Whale Rider (2003) - Midwest Film Journal
Sep 18, 2020 · Based on a novel by Witi Ihimaera and putting writer-director Niki Caro on the map, Whale Rider tells the story of Paikea, a 12-year-old ...
Stacey Mickelbart brings the Endless Summer series to a close.
25. WHALE RIDER - Giffoni Film Festival
Based on the book, “The Whale Rider” ; by, Witi Ihimaera ; Director of photography, Leon Narbey ; Editor, David Coulson ; Costume Design, Kirsty Cameron.
In a New Zealand coastal village, the Maoris claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. For over 1,000 years, in every generation a male heir born to the Chief succeeds to the title. The time has arrived. The Chief's son, Porourangi, fathers twins – a boy and a girl. But the boy and his mother...
