Hans Augustave is a Haitian-American filmmaker living through his various creative expressions with the intent to heal. His journey has taken him from the art of spoken word, to the stage and now to the screen with his short films Before I Knew (Best Short Short - Harlem International Film Festival) and I Held Him (Urbanworld, Brooklyn Film Festival). Hans is also the producer of documentary The Forgotten Occupation (Outstanding Feature Documentary, Audience Choice - Art of Brooklyn Film Festival), which examines the United States’ occupation of Haiti from 1915-1934 and its negative impacts on Haiti’s current politics.