A South African film titled, “Surf and Bhoondi” has just won the 2004 Hartley-Merrill National Screenwriting Prize here in the U.S. From iAfrica.com:

‘Surf and Bhoondi’ tells how a young Indian girl has to overcome family pressure and fight racism at the hands of white surfers in order to ride the waves. Set in South Africa, the film deals with issues of change within the one-million-strong Indian community and their relationship with other communities.

It also looks at the bond between father and daughter and how that has also changed for modern Indian families. In public the father is puts on the face of a modern liberal man in the new South Africa, while at home he struggles to maintain his orthodox values.

Sounds very Whale Rider-ish. I hope to check it out.