Director: Titus Kaphar
A canvas half-finished in the corner of a studio, a phone call the artist keeps letting go to voicemail — Exhibiting Forgiveness builds its drama around the moment a rising painter can no longer avoid the father he spent years trying to outrun.
What is Exhibiting Forgiveness about?
André Holland plays Tarrell, an artist on the verge of real success whose momentum is interrupted when his father, John Earl Jelks' Gideon, resurfaces after years of absence. Gideon is sober now and asking for a second chance, but Tarrell's memories of the household his father once ran are not the kind that fade politely. Andra Day plays Tarrell's wife, watching him circle the same wound from a distance she can't quite close. Rather than building toward a tidy reunion, the film sits inside the discomfort of two people who want different things from the same conversation: one man hoping to be forgiven, another still deciding whether forgetting is even possible.
Cast & crew
André Holland anchors the film as Tarrell, with John Earl Jelks delivering a raw, unshowy performance as his father. Andra Day, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and a young Matthew Elam round out a cast built for close, dialogue-driven scenes rather than plot mechanics.
Context & significance
Painter-turned-director Titus Kaphar makes his feature debut here, and his background shows in how the film treats Tarrell's artwork — canvases appear on screen not as set dressing but as a second language for feelings the characters can't say out loud. The result plays less like a conventional family drama and more like a study of what art does with pain that words won't hold.
Where & how to watch
Exhibiting Forgiveness is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who want to follow its dialogue-heavy scenes in Farsi. No purchase is needed to browse this page — just sign in with a free K-Time account to start watching, on a platform built around a Farsi-first experience for Persian-speaking audiences.