'Mulan' and 'Whale Rider': Director Niki Caro's take on Gender Inequality
Indie director, Niki Caro (known for 'Whale Rider') directs the live-action 'Mulan' and sets another example of strong females fighting against gender inequality.

In the Ice Age, two families live side by side: a human family in a cave, a mammoth family in a clearing. Both families have one son. The mammoths care for each other as humans do, so a friendship between a boy and a mammoth is possible.
Indie director, Niki Caro (known for 'Whale Rider') directs the live-action 'Mulan' and sets another example of strong females fighting against gender inequality.
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