Whale Rider

Drama, Family

Keisha Castle-Hughes	Paikea
Rawiri Paratene	Koro
Vicky Haughton	Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis	Porourangi
Grant Roa	Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu	Hemi
Rachel House	Shilo
Taungaroa Emile	Willie
Tammy Davis	Dog
Mabel Wharekawa	Maka

Director	Niki Caro
Producer	John Barnett; Reinhard Brundig; Frank Hubner; Tim Sanders
Writer	Witi Ihimaera; Niki Caro

A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people, with remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of traditions in order to fulfill her destiny.