2024 | United States | Fiction

Nwa (Black)

  • English, French, Haitian; Haitian Creole English 20 mins
  • Director | Hans Augustave
  • Writer | Hans Augustave
  • Producer | Hans Augustave, Bruno Vernaschi-Berman, Matthew Romanski, Raashauna Payne

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Nwa is a candid, emotional, coming-of-age film about Frantz, a first-generation Haitian-American boy, torn by the decision to get the haircut he knows his strict immigrant father would approve of, or a trendy cut connecting him to the Black American culture he's warned him not to embrace.

Coming-Of-Age Haitian-American Identity Father-Son Conflict Cultural Assimilation Black Hair Politics
Playlists