Finding ʻOhana is a 2021 American family adventure film by Jude Weng in her directorial debut and written by Christina Strain. The film stars Kea Peahu, Alex Aiono, Lindsay Watson, Owen Vaccaro and Kelly Hu. This marks Ke Huy Quan's return to acting. It premiered on Netflix on January 29, 2021.
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Hawaiian siblings Pili and Ioane "E" were New York–raised in Brooklyn. An avid geocaching fan, she wins a competition that earns her free tuition to a summer camp in the Catskills. Pili can't go in the end as they temporarily relocate from New York to Oʻahu with their mother Leilani to help her father, Kimo as his health and financial issues are becoming serious.
As Pili is so into geocaching, her malaise at being separated from her beloved New York is assuaged by secretly liberating an old diary from her grandfather's art studio, set up in an old bus. Just as she's sneaking off the bus, she meets local boy Casper, who helps cover for her.
That night, as Pili is trying to secretly read the diary, E catches her. He explains the term Night Marchers to her, trying to scare her, explaining they are ghosts of fallen warriors who protect the island.
Meanwhile, E is distracted from his own search for a better internet signal by local girl Hana, who is Casper's friend. She, on the other hand, is not impressed by his attitude towards the younger kids.
