

Two high school boys from different social worlds experience romantic feelings for each other. Edmar, a high-performing Filipino student, and Pili, a Native Hawaiian student-athlete, learn that navigating self-growth and teenage love in Hawaiʻi is as complicated as their understanding and love for Hawaiʻi and it’s ever-changing cultural landscape.

Kaipo Dudoit
Pili
LeadJayron Munoz
Edmar
Dan Francis Rodriguez
Zack
Bryant de Venecia
Cedric

Kaleo Pinto
Kona
AʻAlona Monteilh
Haku
Malelega Lauano
Sina
Justine Albert
Ms. Thomas
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