Whale rider

Sanders, Tim. (Added Author). Hubner, Frank. (Added Author). Haughton, Vicky. (Added Author). Paratene, Rawiri. (Added Author). Barnett, John, 1945- (Added Author). Narbey, Leon. (Added Author). New Zealand Film Commission. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Pandora Film (Firm) (Added Author). NZ On Air. (Added Author). South Pacific Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Newmarket Films. (Added Author). ApolloMedia (Firm) (Added Author). New Zealand Film Production Fund. (Added Author). Ihimaera, Witi, 1944- Whale rider. (Added Author). Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- (Added Author). Caro, Niki. (Added Author). Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu, Rachel House. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1404943714
ISBN: 1404943722
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1) Special features: director's commentary; "Te waka: building the canoe" featurette; deleted scene. Based on the book by Witi Ihimaera.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Leon Narbey ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Lisa Gerrard ; costume designer, Kirsty Cameron ; production designer, Grant Major.
Participant or Performer Note:	Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu, Rachel House.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief language and a momentary drug reference.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0 surround
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; sound track in English with optional English and Spanish subtitles
Awards Note:	BAFTA Childrens' Award, Best feature film, 2003; Sundance Film Festival, Audience award, World Cinema, Nini Caro.