''Exhibiting Forgiveness'' is a 2024 American

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written and directed by

Titus Kaphar Titus Kaphar is an American contemporary painter and filmmaker whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include African-American subjects. His paintings are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Yale Unive ...

. The film stars

André Holland André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor. He is widely known for his 2016 performance as Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film ''Moonlight''. Holland has acted in film, television, and theatre productions. He starred as D ...

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John Earl Jelks John Earl Jelks (also credited as John Jelks; born July 16, 1959) is an American actor. Working extensively in theatre, Jelks is also known for screen roles, including in films such as ''Compensation (film), Compensation'' (1999), ''Miracle at St. ...

and

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (; Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has appeared in numero ...

. The film premiered at the

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on January 20, 2024 and was released in the United States on October 18, 2024.

Cast

as Tarrell *

as Aisha *

as Joyce *

as La'Ron * Ian Foreman as Young Tarrell * Daniel Michael Barriere as Jermaine * Matthew Elam as Quentin *

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as Janine

Release

The film premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the

on January 20, 2024. In April 2024,

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acquired distribution rights to the film, planning to release it theatrically sometime in fall the same year. The film began a limited theatrical run in the United States on October 18, 2024.

Reception

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'' critic Benjamin Lee described the film as an "emotionally wrenching drama set to resonate with those who have also had to confront the complicated equation of radical forgiveness".

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of ''

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'' wrote, "''Exhibiting Forgiveness'' sends you out on a note of hope, but it’s not exactly a feel-good movie. It’s a feel-the-reality movie, a drama willing to scald. That’s its quiet power".

Accolades

References

External links

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