Kumu Hina

(2014)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2014

Runtime: 75 мин

Country: Fiji, United States of America

Director: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson

Cast: Leo Anderson Akana, Haemaccelo Kalu, Ho'Onani Kamai, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

Plot

A powerful film about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the Westernized society of modern day Hawaiʻi. It is told through the lens of an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident māhū, or transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader.