About this event
Queer Film Club presents Kumu Hina (2014), directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson.
A bout the film:
During a momentous year in her life in modern Honolulu, Hina Wong-Kalu, a native Hawaiian māhū, or transgender, teacher uses traditional culture to inspire a student to claim her place as leader of the school's all-male hula troupe.
But despite her success as a teacher, Hina longs for love and a committed relationship. Will her marriage to a headstrong Tongan man fulfill her dreams?
An incredible docu-drama that unfolds like a narrative film, Kumu Hina reveals a side of Hawai'i rarely seen on screen.
A bout Queer Film Club:
T his special screening will take place at the Tate Modern's Starr Cinema followed by a discounted drink in the Tate Modern Corner Café.
A ccessibility:
Tate Modern has fully accessible toilets. All events in the Starr Cinema have a step-free access route available and space for wheelchairs. Works screened will have a provision of captioning, transcript or equivalent.