Whale Rider

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When:

Thu 9 Apr ’09, 7:00pm

Where: The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Te Aro, Wellington Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Public: $8.00
Concession: $6.00
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.filmarchive.org.nz

2003 Academy Award Nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes leads Niki Caro’s inspired cast, (including Cliff Curtis and Rawiri Paratene) through a magical fable set in a small New Zealand coastal village where local Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. A rare opportunity to see this contemporary legend on the big screen.

“The great news is that Whale Rider is easily the strongest New Zealand film since the early 90s peak of Heavenly Creatures, Once Were Warriors and The Piano… Whale Rider is a confident blend of tragedy, comedy and innate, intuitive mysticism… In many ways, the girl Paikea’s story comes to follow the natural hero’s trajectory, as though she were King Arthur or Luke Skywalker” - Philip Matthews, The Listener.

Screening as part of a series of children’s features on Thursday nights during April for the school holidays.
Whale Rider (NZ, 2003, 97 minutes, PG)