Storyline
Taglines:
| 1: One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future |
| 2: In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future |
Plot Summary:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea’s direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny. Written by berkeley
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Video Information |
| Runtime: |
102 minutes |
| Video size: |
720x304 px |
| Codec: |
XviD MPEG-4 |
| Bitrate: |
895 kbps |
| FPS: |
23.976 |
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| Runtime: |
102 minutes |
| Video size: |
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XviD MPEG-4 |
| Bitrate: |
670 kbps |
| FPS: |
23.976 |
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Video Information |
| Runtime: |
102 minutes |
| Video size: |
320x136 px |
| Codec: |
XviD MPEG-4 |
| Bitrate: |
208 kbps |
| FPS: |
23.976 |
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DOWNLOAD «WHALE RIDER»!
Full movie is only $1.99
No additional software or browser plug-ins required!
All downloads are available instantly.
You can play movies for unlimited number of times whenever you want.
Downloaded movies will work perfectly on any PC, DVD player, PDA, iPod or iPhone etc.
You will be able to burn downloaded files on a CD or DVD.
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