由獲艾美獎的雙導Dean Hamer 和Joe Wilson 共同執導。在夏威夷有一詞叫「Mahu」，意味著「中間」。這「中間」介於男人和女人的之間，正如本片主角希娜—一個原本靦腆的高中男孩，到渴望愛情及嫁作人婦，並且成為一所學校的文化主管的蛻變歷程。她讓夏威夷傳統中兼具男女特質的跨性別角色「Mahu」重獲生機。提供觀眾一種看待性別定位的嶄新視角。 　　In Hawaiian there is a word called Mahu, which means the middle. It is the middle between a man a woman. Not neither man nor woman, but both man and woman. That is Kumu Hina, or Teacher Hina. During a momentous year in her life in Honolulu, Hina Wong-Kalu, a native Hawaiian Mahu, 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 (and jealous) Tongan man fulfill her dreams? Kumu Hina reveals a side of Hawaii rarely seen.