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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

The characters in the film Whale Rider choose how they will incorporate traditional Maori culture into their modern life. --- Whale Rider is set in a small New Zealand coastal village inhabited by Maoris who claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. For 1,000 years a male heir of the Chief has become leader of the tribe. At the beginning of the film, the wife of Porourangi, the Chief’s eldest son, dies in childbirth along with the male twin she was carrying. The surviving child

grandfather because it is a tradition that women cannot lead in their tribe. But in the United States of America women are allowed to lead, Paikea’s grandfather’s view on leading is that women cannot lead.Whale Rider. Dir. Niki Caro. Perf. Keisha Castle-Hughes. Qian Qi, 2003. DVD.. Education heavily influences one’s view on the world because education teaches how we write, what we write, what is right and wrong, what to evade, what to glide towards, etc. Education changes our views on these things

The Whale Rider By Witi Ihimaera Published May 2003 Kahu (Pai) is an eight year old Maori girl with a special gift. She can communicate with whales. She could be the leader her tribe needs, but her great-grandfather adheres strictly to Maori tradition which requires a male heir. He barely acknowledges her. The Whale Rider" tells the story of Kahu, a young girl in New Zealand struggling to find her place in her family and community. She craves the love of her great-grandfather, but he's entirely

movies. Works Cited Bend It Like Beckham. Dir. Gurinder Chadha. Perf. Parminder Nagra, Keira Knighley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan, Archie Panjabi. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002. DVD Whale Rider. Dir. Niki Caro. Perf. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton,Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa. Buena Vista International, 2002.

Some Things Never Change There are many examples of past ideas and controversies that have arose once again in modern day situations. Although a lot of controversies get resolved, many do not and end up arising again. A great example of this comes from the play Antigone by Sophocles and the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro. In both the film and the play, a woman of royal decent is going against a leader for what she feels is right. Although Antigone dies in the end of Antigone, Pai from Whale Rider

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 of Whangara where Maori residents claim descent from Paikea, the