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Kama'aina

Country: USA, Language: English, 15 mins

  • Director: Kimi Lee
  • Writer: Kimi Lee
  • Producer: Sabina Friedman-Seitz; Anastasia Solovieva

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A film that perfectly highlights some of the ridiculous systems that have been put in place...to protect vulnerable people...thereby endangering them further.

This is a film that shows...when people are given the opportunity to help...they do. Thankfully, there are people like Aunty Twinkle...she may not have much...but, she certainly dishes out a whole lot of support.

A phenomenally moving film.


Watch...

KAMA'ĀINA (Child of the Land) from Kimi Howl Lee on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

After suffering abuse from her stepfather, a 16 y/o queer Mahina must navigate life on the streets, until she eventually finds refuge at the Puuhonua o Waianae - Hawaii's largest organized homeless encampment.

Cast & Characters

Aria Alexander as Cashier
Twinkle Borge as Twinkle
Nainoa Brown-Kahananui as Nainoa
Sabina Friedman-Seitz as Shayla
Lenny as Uncle Lenny
Malia Kamalani Soon as Mahina
Alex Suvusa as Alex