Exhibiting Forgiveness movie storyline. Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
This soulful, sophisticated, and beautifully crafted debut feature blossoms a hard-to-tell story about destructive parenting, the seasons of angst weathered by an abused child becoming a successful human being, and the deep meaning and salve of creative practice.
Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker and celebrated painter Titus Kaphar turns his attention again to cinema to innovate a fresh cinematic language that incorporates the language of paint and canvas to tell the story of Tarrell (André Holland), an art star reckoning with his own traumatic childhood by creating powerful and transcendent paintings.
At the radiant heart of Exhibiting Forgiveness is Tarell’s artistic process, which illuminates how a creative practice can redeem illnesses of the soul, forge pathways toward regaining power over one’s own destiny, and forgive and transform despite the spiritual damage.
Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
Directed by: Titus Kaphar
Starring: André Holland, Andra Day, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, John Earl Jelks, Ian Foreman, Daniel Michael Barriere, Matthew Elam, Jaime Ray Newman, Carolyn Kettig, Tia Dionne Hodge
Screenplay by: Titus Kaphar
Production Design by: Olivia Peebles
Cinematography by: Lachlan Milne
Film Editing by: Ron Patane
Costume Design by: Deirdra Elizabeth Govan
Set Decoration by: Eric Tumolo
Art Direction by: Zebah Pinkham
Music by: Jherek Bischoff
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Roadside Attractions
Release Date: January 20, 2024 (Sundance), April 5, 2024 (United States)
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