Visual Intonation
Visual Intonation
Vanté Gregory
EP 153: Reprieve with Director/Writer/Producer Hans Augustave
1 hour 14 minutes Posted Dec 26, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
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This episode of Visual Intonation Podcast sits with Haitian American filmmaker and DJ Hans Augustave and listens closely to what happens in the quiet. Best known for shorts like I Held Him, Before I Knew, and the recent Nwa (Black), Augustave makes work that slows the room down and asks you to stay. His films are short, but they linger, circling tenderness, masculinity, and the complicated inheritance of Black identity. Nwa, which means Black in Haitian Creole, grounds the conversation. Set l...