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 struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
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00:00Shadows on the walls, noises down the hall, life doesn't frighten me at all.
00:14Mean old mother goose, lions on the loose, they don't frighten me at all.
00:27Lions breathing flame on my counterpane, that doesn't frighten me at all.
00:32I go boo, bake them choux, I make fun the way they run, life doesn't frighten me at all.
00:40Mama Joyce! Oh my God! Good girl!
00:45Hello.
00:49I ain't seen you for 15 years but now you're gonna be somebody's granddaddy, you're somebody's daddy now.
00:53I don't want him to hear this.
00:55Listen, I need you to speak to him, I need you to talk to him. No! He has changed. He ain't changed.
01:00He's just gonna follow us home if you don't deal with it here.
01:10Let's get it.
01:19He gave me you, Terrell. He was my first love. He was my first love.
01:25You got flaws, Terrell. Ain't you got flaws?
01:27You're not the same man you used to know before, Terrell. That's what you said, right?
01:32Why are you still making excuses for him?
01:34If you don't forgive others of their past sins, then you can't be forgiven.
01:38Have you asked yourself once, one time, what's best for us? For him? For your grandson?
01:45This ain't about him. It's about mom.
02:02I put it on canvas so that I can hold it by the throat.
02:15I put it on canvas so that I can hold it by the throat.