Whale Rider

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

Plot Summary

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

diving

becoming an adult

grandparent grandchild relationship

tradition

loss of loved one

ocean

whale

empowerment

new zealand

maori tradition

chief

modern society

canoe

patriarch

stick fighting

patriarchy

magic realism

woman director

swimming underwater

war dance

traditional dance