CANCELED: Film Screening 'Whale Rider', Host: Chris Phillips

WHALE RIDER (dir. Niki Caro, 2002, 105 min.) is a New Zealand film about confronting tradition and entrenched prejudice in order to courageously secure one’s place in the world. Twelve-year-old Paikea Apirana (Keisha Castle-Hughes) seeks to become chief of her Maori tribe, but as a female, she is blocked from ascending to the role of leader. Pai is a challenge to the expectations of family and community members alike, and when she succeeds where village boys fail—in the traditional task of recovering a whale tooth cast into the ocean—her worthiness as a leader clashes with those who would defend the old and gendered order. The film’s awards include the 2003 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award.

Come once, or come every week. Tuesday nights at 7:00 in the Landis Cinema, Buck Hall.

Shuttle bus service to/from College Hill. All are welcome. Open to the Public. Popcorn. Free.