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In this raw and deeply moving directorial debut from renowned artist Titus Kaphar, Tarrell (André Holland) is an admired American painter whose path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, La’Ron (John Earl Jelks), a conscience-stricken man trying to reconcile. Tarrell is desperate to protect his wife Aisha (Andra Day) and son from the anguish of his childhood, but Tarrell’s spiritual mother (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) hopes he can open his heart to forgiving La’Ron, giving them all another chance at being a family. Together, father and son learn that forgetting the past is as challenging as forgiving.

Exhibiting Forgiveness - Watch the trailer now! Buy Today, Watch Instantly. Starring André Holland, Andra Day, John Earl Jelks, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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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 boop, bake them, shoot. I make fun, the way they run, life doesn't frighten me at all.
00:40Mama Joyce! Oh my God! Good girl!
00:45Hello. Hey.
00:49I ain't seen you for 15 years but now you gonna be somebody's granddaddy, you somebody's daddy.
00:53I don't want him to hear this.
00:55Listen, I need you to speak to him. No. I need you to talk to him. No.
00:58He 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.
01:25Hey, you 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 mama.
02:02I put it on canvas so that I could hold it by the throat.
02:15I put it on canvas so that I could hold it by the throat.