Season 3, Ep. 6: Kumu Hina
On this week's episode of Saturday School, we talk about Kumu Hina, a 2014 documentary about Hina Wong-Kalu, a hula teacher at an elementary school in Hawaii that aims to preserve the indigenous culture to the younger generations. Kumu Hina, who identifies as a mahu, someone in the middle of male and female, has the opportunity to mentor six-grader Ho'Onani, who also considers herself to be in the "middle," and we watch Ho'Onani not only join the all-male hula class -- but lead her male classmates in their end-of-year performance. Some of these Asian American films we revisit are hard to find, but Kumu Hina is available to watch on Netflix. So no excuses -- check it out!