North Bellarine Film Festival and Bellarine Historical Society have teamed up to present the classic New Zealand film Whale Rider as a fundraiser for the society.
The film will be screened at Indented Head Community Hall on Sunday July 6 at 2pm.
Whale Rider was written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro and based on Witi Ihimaera’s 1987 novel of the same name. Family patriarch and current chief of the Apirana family, Koro, is worried. He is searching for a suitable heir to the chieftainship, but his grandson, who is next in line, has two daughters and the role is passed down the male lineage. The eldest daughter, Pai, has a deep connection to the family’s ancestors but Koro refuses to accept that she could ever be chief because a woman has never held the job.
Tickets are $20, which includes light refreshments, and are available at trybooking.com/DBZOG or at the door, subject to availability.
The 9th North Bellarine Film Festival will be held on November 14 and 15 at Parks Hall, Portarlington.
Bellarine Historical Society was established in 1977 and is located in the old Bellarine Court House on High Street in Drysdale where a vast collection of items and documents from the region’s past is housed.
“The North Bellarine Film Festival is happy to continue its support of the Bellarine Historical Society and its important role in documenting and educating residents and visitors about the region’s history and cultural identity,” North Bellarine Film Festival president Bill Lussier said.
