Haitian filmmaker explores identity and assimilation in short film “Nwa”

Haitian filmmaker explores identity and assimilation in short film “Nwa”

As a student at the New York Film Academy, Hans Augustave struck up a conversation that would lead him down a path of cultural discovery, and ultimately, to the creation of the film “Nwa,” meaning Black in Haitian Creole. During a writing class, a Martinican peer suggested he explore their shared experiences as Caribbean Americans growing up in the United States.“You should write about our experience as Black Caribbeans getting haircuts in the U…