‘THE FORGOTTEN OCCUPATION,’ FROM FILMMAKER ALAIN MARTIN AND EP ROXANE …

Indie Feature Doc Illuminates the U.S. Occupation of Haiti from 1915-1934 and Reverberations of Exploitation and Misinformation Today A film that is unapologetically personal.” — Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor, director, and longtime advocate for Haiti LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, February 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Monkey Wrench Films announced today that The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Goes to Haiti, the striking indie feature documentary from Haitian American filmmaker Alain Martin and executive producer and New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist), will be released on TVOD and EVOD platforms worldwide today. The film is now available to rent and purchase globally across major digital retailers – including Amazon, Apple TV, Gathr, Google Play, Kanopy, kweliTV, Vimeo On Demand and YouTube Movies – bringing its urgent story of empire, migration, democracy and Haitian resilience to audiences’ living rooms. Meticulously wrought through an intimate, posthumous letter to his late grandfather, The Forgotten Occupation spotlights a rarely examined period of U.S. intervention in Haiti from 1915-1934, unraveling the paradox of a man who longed for American rule and a nation scarred by it. Blending family memory with sweeping archival history, the film confronts exile, love, and the uneasy truths at the
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