1. Whale Rider A film by Niki Caro
Most films have a one sentence ‘tag line’ that is used with the publicity to sum up what the film is about. Read the tag lines carefully and select which one you think is the best to summarise this film.
Then look at the posters. Which one of these do you think is the best one to sum up this film?
Justify your decisions by referring to what you have seen in the film.

2. In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future
A contemporary story of love and rejection as a young girl fights to fulfil her destiny.
This timeless story tells how the courage of one girl in standing against the tide of tradition enables her tribe to become reconnected with their ancestral life force.
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future
One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future.

6. A contemporary story of love and rejection as a young girl fights to fulfil her destiny.
This timeless story tells how the courage of one girl in standing against the tide of tradition enables her tribe to become reconnected with their ancestral life force.
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future
One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future.