Kumu Hina

A uniquely Hawaiian love story

6.1

|2014|75 min

A transgender Native Hawaiian teacher inspires a young girl to fulfill her destiny of leading the school's male hula troupe, even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship in her own life.

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