Whale Rider
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Event description
In partnership with South Pacific Pictures and the New Zealand Film Commission
Feature, 105 minutes, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2002
Directed by Niki Caro
Rating: PG
Recommended for: Ages 9+
Q+A with Niki Caro, Director
Set at the East Coast town of Whāngārā, and coupling a specific sense of place and Māori culture with a universal coming-of-age story, Whale Rider tells the tale of Pai, who challenges tradition and embraces the past in order to find the strength to lead her people forward.