The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Goes to Haiti (2026)
One hundred years after the Haitian Revolution, the people of Haiti find themselves once again having to defend their liberty, this time against a powerful neighbor, the United States.
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Bending the Arc (2017)
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