Come to the First Congregational Church March 22 at 6:30 p.m. to watch the award-winning documentary film “Kumu Hina.”
“Kumu Hina” is a powerful feature documentary about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the westernized society of modern day Hawaii. It is told through the lens of an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader.
More about the film:
Although there have been several high-profile films about transgender people over the years, they have tended to focus on the prejudice, discrimination, and hostility that trans people face, rather than on their abilities and accomplishments. From Paris Is Burning to The Brandon Teena Story, from Two Spirits to Southern Comfort, viewers have been introduced again and again to the ways in which people with differing gender identities and expressions have been marginalized, excluded, bullied, beaten, raped, and killed.
“Kuma Hina” is a different type of film. It portrays a world where instead of transgender people being marginalized, because of who they are, they are actually visible, included and honored. A world where youth who are searching for their own creative forms of gender expression are embraced and encouraged to be themselves rather than to hide in fear or pretend they are just like everyone else.
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