‘My Partner’ is described as Hawaii’s first boys love (BL) drama, and it revolves around the lives of two very different senior boys of Lahainaluna High School. Jayron Munoz plays the role of Edmar who is a high-achieving Filipino student. Meanwhile, Kaipo Dudoit is portraying the character of athlete standout Pili who is a Native Hawaiian. The two of them are part of rival class friend groups, and they clash when Edmar’s group is caught by Pili and his friends overfishing a native species in a restored fresh water.
Thereafter, Edmar and Pili are assigned to be partners for a class project, which they strongly protest to. However, they eventually come to get to know each other’s cultures, paving the way to better understand each other as well.
As working-class Filipino immigrants, Edmar and his friends have to face certain demands and limitations. Pili and his group, on the other hand, struggle with the intergenerational cultural erasure and physical dispossession as Hawaiian natives. While working on their project, Edmar and Pili’s better understanding of each other leads to friendship and maybe something even more… ‘My Partner’ is written by Maui’s Lance Collins and directed by Native Hawaiian visual storyteller Keli’i Grace. The character dialogue is in Tagalog, Hawaiian and English, and the cast and crew are all based in Hawaii. Not to mention, the cast are all first-time actors. ‘My Partner’ is set to be shown at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 7.
Trailer
Cast & Creative
Directed by Keli’i Grace
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Lance D. Collins
Alexander Deedy
Sean Dunnington
Cast
Kaipo Dudoit
Jayron Munoz
Cinematography by Brock Ladd
Film Editing by Keli’i Grace
Production Design by Jess T. Johnston
Costume Design by Ari South
Makeup Department
Nalei Lacio … key makeup artist
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Where to Watch (as of 04/27/2023)
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival May 04 – 13, 2023
Update – 08/10/2023
My Partner online is free, which includes streaming options such as 123movies, Reddit, or TV shows from HBO Max or Netflix! My Partner Released in the US theaters “My Partner” June 16, 2023.
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