Sun March 15, 2015
Kumu Hina (Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson; US, 2014)
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Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a kumu hula (hula teacher) and advocate for native Hawai’ian rights, prepares her students for a year-end dance performance in this documentary by Emmy Award–winning filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson (Out in the Silence). Kalu’s special status as mahu, transgender, allows her to possess both the feminine and the masculine, bequeathing her unique healing and teaching powers. These same spiritual qualities are found in the lone tomboy of the group, Ho’onani, who possesses a confidence and self-awareness well beyond her years. Despite the overwhelming pressure to balance personal
and public life, Kalu’s dedication to being a cultural leader never subsides.
• Narrated by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.
(74 mins, Color, DCP)
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and public life, Kalu’s dedication to being a cultural leader never subsides.
• Narrated by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.
(74 mins, Color, DCP)
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a kumu hula (hula teacher) and advocate for native Hawai’ian rights, prepares her students for a year-end dance performance in this documentary by Emmy Award–winning filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson (Out in the Silence). Kalu’s special status as mahu, transgender, allows her to possess both the feminine and the masculine, bequeathing her unique healing and teaching powers. These same spiritual qualities are found in the lone tomboy of the group, Ho’onani, who possesses a confidence and self-awareness well beyond her years. Despite the overwhelming pressure to balance personal
and public life, Kalu’s dedication to being a cultural leader never subsides.
• Narrated by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.
(74 mins, Color, DCP)
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and public life, Kalu’s dedication to being a cultural leader never subsides.
• Narrated by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.
(74 mins, Color, DCP)
show less
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PFA Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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