- 2003; Independent Spirit Award‚ Best Foreign Film (New Zealand) - 2004; Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival and others. “Whale Rider”is a contemporary re-telling of the 1000-year-old legend about legendary first ancestor named Paikea. This film combines elements of history‚ traditions‚ depicting them from the point of view of a child‚ that sees the world not in black and white terms. On the other hand‚ it is a drama about relationship of a young girl and her grandfather. Heroes
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The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai") [In the book‚ her name is Kahu‚ short for Kahutia Te Rangi].The leader should be the first-born grandson – a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea‚ aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book‚ the Whale Rider – he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai is female and technically cannot inherit the leadership. While he does later form an affectionate bond with his granddaughter‚ carrying her to school every day on his bicycle‚ he
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first-born great grandchild‚ Kahu‚ is a girl. Koro Apirana‚ her great grandfather‚ and chief of the tribe is disappointed‚ and rejects the loving attention of Kahu. He wants a male heir to inherit the title of chief‚ the tradition since the first whale rider arrived in New Zealand. The Whangara tribe are proud of their traditions and history‚ and Koro teaches the youngsters about their past. The tribe believe that they are descendants of Paikea who escaped drowning by riding to dry land on the back
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today. The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana‚ yet she goes by the name Pai in the film. Pai is a 12-year-old girl who is the only remaining child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession after the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first-born son‚ or a direct descendant of Pai’s family. Yet because there is no direct male descendant‚ Pai’s grandfather Koro Apirana has to find the next male leader amongst their
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‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging.‘ Discuss this with detailed reference to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing. An individual’s connection to their family‚ a culture or place can develop a greater understanding of themselves or can act as a barrier to truly belonging. In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and Whale Rider‚ a film directed by Niki Caro‚ the barriers to belonging are
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Rider Within the movie Whale Rider‚ a mythic and sacred story is represented through a girl’s struggle in becoming a leader by breaking tradition. Within this contemporary-fairy tale‚ Whale Rider also entails a spiritual bond that the main character‚ Paikea‚ has with a quasi-mystical creature‚ represented as a whale. The movie Whale Rider fits in the group of mythological film because it “explains a tale full of life mysteries to make them bearable” (Greene 8). Mythology helps people to learn from their
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Paikea sacrificed her life and even planned to die as she made her journey. Paikea did not have a mentor‚ her grandma motivated her and never shut her down‚ yet‚ she did not guide her. The lesser thugs were the boys who were taught by Koro. They too shut Paikea down and excluded her from learning the ways of a chief. The shadow in the movie was the grandpa‚ Koro. The definition of a shadow is; the dark side and the suppressed monsters. However‚ the grandpa did not exclude Paikea because he
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young‚ male students fail to retrieve Koro’s rei puta to determine who would become the next chief‚ Paikea secretly retrieves his rei puta. In this scene‚ Caro alternates between shots of Paikea diving into the ocean and shots of the rei puta lying on the ocean floor with seaweed surrounding it. Through the portrayal of Paikea diving into the ocean to retrieve the rei puta‚ Caro demonstrates Paikea “diving” into her culture and finding ways to carry on old traditions whilst breaking the old traditions
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named Paikea. This greatly upsets Koro‚ Porourangi’s father. As the reigning chief of the Maori people‚ he would have taught Porourangi’s first born son in the ways of their ancestors to become the next chief (Wald 2006). After experiencing such a devastating loss‚ Porourangi leaves Paikea to be raised by her grandparents. Koro‚ however‚ refuses to accept Paikea as the one to inherit the sacred position (Whaleriderthemovie.com). The time of the film then shifts forward to when Paikea is grown
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Whale Rider are two films which deal with the conflict that can occur between tradition and modernity at the hand of colonisation. In both of these films‚ within this conflict‚ the elements of belonging and return are dealt with. Samson‚ Delilah and Paikea all have a yearning to belong to their communities‚ families and culture‚ yet find themselves on the outer for various reasons. All three characters commence a journey of return to their respective traditions‚ which results in a sense a sense of belonging
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