Exhibiting Forgiveness: Screening and Conversation at Real Art Ways

We will host a post-screening conversation with Real Art Ways Board Member, community facilitator, speaker, and activist Derek Hall on Saturday, October 26.

Derek Hall is a dynamic anti-racist intergroup dialogue facilitator, public speaker, and activist committed to challenging beliefs and institutional culture rooted in systemic racism and other forms of oppression. Derek has worked in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field for over fifteen years, partnering with public and private school systems, for-profit and non-profit organizations both locally and nationally. Derek uses his gifts of facilitation, storytelling, and community building to increase the racial & social consciousness of individuals and organizations.

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Synopsis:

Tarrell is an admired American painter who lives with his wife, singer Aisha, and their young son, Jermaine. Tarrell’s artwork excavates beauty from the anguish of his youth, keeping past wounds at bay.

His path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a conscience-stricken man desperate to reconcile. Tarrell’s mother, a pious woman with a profound and joyful spirituality, hopes that Tarrell can open his heart to forgiveness, giving them all another chance at being a family.

Tarrell and La’Ron learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.

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New Haven-based artist, MacArthur Genius, and co-founder of NXTHVN, Titus Kaphar, “decided to dive into the director’s chair for his film “Exhibiting Forgiveness” to help his teenage sons understand the adversities of his upbringing.” This is Kaphar’s feature film debut, and we are excited to present this remarkable story to the Real Art Ways audience.