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Whale rider [videorecordings (DVD)] / South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in assoication The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hubner ; written & directed by Niki Caro.

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Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Grandparent and child -- New Zealand -- Whangarei -- Drama.

Whales -- Drama.

Chiefdoms -- New Zealand -- Whangarei -- Drama.

DVD-Video discs.

Video recordings.

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief language and a mementary drug reference.

The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possess a natural leadership ability.

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