PeterCingular: Whale Rider

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(drama, family)

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..

actors:

Keisha Castle-Hughes	as Paikea
Rawiri Paratene	as Koro
Vicky Haughton	as Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis	as Porourangi
Grant Roa	as Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu	as Hemi
Rachel House	as Shilo
Taungaroa Emile	as Willie
Tammy Davis	as Dog
Mabel Wharekawa	as Maka
Rawinia Clarke	as Miro
Tahei Simpson	as Miss Parata
Roi Taimana	as Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen	as Rehua
Tyronne White	as Jake

directors:
Niki Caro
rating:7.90