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01/12/2007

BBC Two - Whale Rider

New Zealand drama. An 11-year-old girl bids to become an elder of her Maori tribe.

Drama in which an 11-year-old girl from New Zealand's Whangara tribe (Keisha Castle-Hughes) challenges the traditions of her people in a bid to become the tribal elder.

New Zealand drama in which an 11-year-old girl challenges the accepted wisdom of her people in a bid to become an elder of her Maori tribe. Though she dearly loves her grandfather, she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to promote what she believes to be her destiny in a staunchly patriarchal society.

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