Small Kine

Small Kine

Television (Half-hour) · Comedy · 42 pages
Status: Spec
In small town Hawai'i, at a low middle class high school — a group of local teenagers struggle with cultural and social identity in the midst of their senior year. It's "Freaks and Geeks" meets "Skins" for local teenagers in Hawai'i.
Written by Samuel Nuñez
2 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist, Roadmap Writers - JumpStart Writing Competition 2019
Semifinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab Spring 2019

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Samuel Nuñez
Pasadena, CA
POC writer of redemption stories, as somebody who's always felt like a screw up, Samuel writes for people struggling to cope with their past mistakes. Samuel (pronounced Sam-well) always wished he could watch one TV show that portrayed his home in O’ahu as more than a vacation locale. If you thought Samuel grew up as a surfer, sadly, you are mist...
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What does “small kine”(pronounced "small kind," but the "d" is silent) actually mean you ask? In English it means “a little bit,” but is used in a more casual way amongst locals. Case in point, when local friends grab a beer on a work night, they might say “Brah, let’s grab one beer — just drink small kine for happy hour.” It comes from the local dialect of Hawai’i known as “pidgin talk.” A local coded language that originates from the 19th and 20th centuries of Hawaii’s plantation workers populated with native Hawaiians and foreign immigrants(Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, etc) all finding a common tongue to communicate in... Now, to not make this history lesson any more tedious, I’m gonna cut to the chase. Fast forward to today, the great grand children of those local plantation workers, the generation z crop of kids in a Hawaiian high school, going through coming of age angst, but presented in a cultural lens. That’s a high school show you’ve never seen.