Watch Whale Rider (2003) Online

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. Read More

Watch Whale Rider online. Featuring Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rawiri Paratene, Whale Rider is classified as Drama and Family genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.1. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 14 services such as The Roku Channel and Tubi TV. The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 2003. Whale Rider was directed by Niki Caro,Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Read Less