Whale Rider Review Niki Caro’s film, Whale Rider, beautifully captures the small village of Whangara, which is located in the northeast of New Zealand’s North Island. The film portrays a Maori tribe that tells the story of a long-held tradition. This film is rich in symbolism, which is easy for any viewer to understand. Whale Rider does a wonderful job of capturing the attention of the audience because of the intense and close relationships between the characters, the way Caro conveys the movie’s
‘Whale rider,’ is a film directed by Niki Caro. It explores themes of duty, culture and tradition through the eyes of Paikea Apirana. She is the protagonist in this film and narrates sections too. Viewers are introduced to different characters throughout the movie, who have different opinions about their culture and how they should uphold them. Culture, tradition and duty are perceived differently by the various characters. Paikea is very passionate about her history and ancestors. Even though just
The movie Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, have many things in common with the book Nervous Conditions, written in 2002 by Tsitsi Dangarembga. These two share many common themes such as sexism, discrimination, and loss. The two main characters of each story share one major characteristic in common. Paikea from Whale rider, and Tambo from Nervous Conditions, both disrupt the sociological and cultural norms in their respective communities and challenge a greater authority, who is a part of their
Whale Rider is an expressive, cultural drama film by the award winning director Nikola Jean "Niki" Caro, that explores the ideas of love, rejection, tradition and gender roles. It's a story about a young Maori girl, Paikea Apirana that's born into the chief line along with a twin brother. With her twin brother dying moments after birth, only Paikea was left to fulfil the role of heir, though Koro, the current chief and Pai's grandpa refuses as does their culture and religion. Throughout the film
In the movie “Whale Rider” directed by Niki Caro, many important objects are used to foreshadow the later events involving protagonist Paikea Apirana, a young girl forbidden by tradition to become the chief of her tribe. Although the outcome of the film seems quite unprecedented at first, Director Caro conceals many clues regarding the ending for the audience to discover. She does this through the use of camera angles, dialogue and props, notably through the use of the rope, the Taiaha and the Rei
In the film 'Whale Rider', by Niki Caro which follows the journey of a young girl named Paikea Apirana and her struggle for acceptance as a leader of her Māori iwi, and especially her grandfather. An important character in this film is Pai herself. This character has significant importance as she is used to portray numerous important ideas and themes throughout the film. Pai helps me to understand and appreciate that women can also be leaders that are equal to men if they have the right attributes
The Whale Rider- Charlotte T As times are changing, so are people and we are becoming more modern. Some people have a hard time accepting that change. Nikki Caro, the director of Whale Rider drops subtle hints of this. In the film, Pai and her twin were born but childbirth took Pai’s brother and her mother. To emphasize the sadness of losing two family members Caro utilizes dim lighting and mournful music. But Pai being a girl was not an option for her grandfather. He needed a leader, a leader
Nikki Caro Whale Rider Speech Hello Year 8, my name is Nikki Caro and today I am going to talk to you about the film Whale Rider. I directed Whale Rider in 2002. I did not write the plot by I was adapting he book ‘Whale Rider’ written by Witi Ihimaera. When I was directing the film I wanted to keep the traditional Maori culture as a main feature of the film and also represent the changes to the culture through generational differences. Today I will be talking to you about how I used filmic techniques
subordinates women at work, home and other societal institutions (Lerner, 1986). Historically women struggles are the one that brought this issue to most people. Movies like whale rider aslo bring awareness to many people about patriarchal injustice that women struggles. (Lerner, 1986). What is patriarchy and how its portrait in whale rider movie Pai grandfather was a of the Morai tribe which is a New Zealand small community. In most in the morai community patriarchy is normal way of life. This style of
Niki Caro’s highly commended film, ‘Whale Rider’, tells the story of a young Maori’s girl’s effort to prove herself to her grandfather, the Chief of Whangara. Her grandfather has traditional attitudes that blind him to see his granddaughter’s potential as chief and it is only when tragedy strikes that Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) can prove to Koro (Rawiri Paratene) that her community’s link with the traditions and culture of the Maori lives on. The film is set in the small New Zealand seaside village