Whale Rider

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film

Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film about a young Māori girl challenging patriarchal tradition to become the leader of her tribe.

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Whale Rider canonical 5
Whale Rider (film) 2
Whale Rider (2002 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
author Witi Ihimaera NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Best Feature Film at New Zealand Film Awards ⓘ
People's Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Whale Rider (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember Cliff Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grant Roa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keisha Castle-Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rawiri Paratene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vicky Haughton NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Koro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanny Flowers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paikea Apirana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Porourangi NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Leon Narbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
director Niki Caro NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Newmarket Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy David Coulson NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresEthnicGroup Māori people NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Whangara NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
family film ⓘ
hasTheme female empowerment ⓘ
spiritual connection with nature ⓘ
tradition versus modernity ⓘ
mainCharacter Paikea Apirana NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Lisa Gerrard NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus Māori culture ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
leadership succession ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress for Whale Rider NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
Māori language NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereAt Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany ApolloMedia NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Pacific Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 2002 ⓘ
releaseDate 2002-09-09 ⓘ
runningTime 101 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Niki Caro NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn Māori community ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Rachel House → notableWork → Whale Rider ⓘ
Cliff Curtis → notableWork → Whale Rider ⓘ
New Zealand film industry → knownFor → Whale Rider ⓘ
Newmarket Films → notableRelease → Whale Rider ⓘ
Niki Caro → notableWork → Whale Rider ⓘ
Whale Rider (film score) → basedOn → Whale Rider ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whale Rider (2002 film)
Whale Rider (film score) → partOf → Whale Rider ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whale Rider (film)
Whale Rider (film score) → usedIn → Whale Rider ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whale Rider (film)