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Whale Rider

The surprising success of Whale Rider, the New Zealand film with an all Maori cast

The global success of Whale Rider, the New Zealand film with an all Maori cast, is a surprise to everyone, even the makers: talking with special effects artist Anthony LaMolinara (Spider Man) and Pixar's Steve May (Monsters Inc) about the artistry behind computer animated effects: Iranian director Babak Payami talks about his romantic comedy Secret Ballot (Persian: Ra'ye makhfi).

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23 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project