Film Study - Literacy Unit: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Film Study ~ ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ Integrated literacy unit covering aspects of English: Listening, reading, writing and viewing plus health / relationship objectives. Suitable for use with inquiries themed around discrimination and tolerance. Based on the book “Wild Pork and Watercress” Barry Crump the film is about Ricky Baker - whose turbulent childhood / sense of abandonment leads to delinquent ways. Foster parents Bella and Hector take him on and Ricky finds his ‘family’. Throughout the film, as Bella dies and the blokes ‘go bush’ looking after family takes centre stage in a range of ways, sometimes quite comedic.