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Eleven year old Ho'onani dreams of leading the hula troupe at her inner-city Honolulu school. The only trouble is that the group is just for boys. She's fortunate that her teacher understands first-hand what it's like to be 'in the middle' - the ancient Hawaiian tradition of embracing both male and female spirit. Together they set out to prove that what matters most is to be true to yourself.
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00:06See, when you first look at me, oh yeah, oh yeah, are you a boy, I'm like, um, no.
00:10And then they give me, like, a look.
00:18I know that you like to stand with all the boys, and Kumbu's okay with that.
00:23But when you work with other people, they may expect you to stand in the girls' line.
00:30To think about Kumohina's perspective, people intimidated her of being that way.
00:37But I talk the truth all the time.
00:39I don't like to lie.
00:43There's a reason you were born in Hawaii or came home to Hawaii.
00:48Do you guys get it?
00:50You are the lawyers of today.
00:56You are the lawyers of today.

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