Anderson Ranch Week Screening: EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS (2024)
Tuesday, July 8, 5pm
Aspen Film Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen
FREE, no ticket required
About the Film
Drama | 117 MIN | US
In 2024, Titus Kaphar made his directorial debut with the film EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS, featuring André Holland as Tarrell Rodin, a painter grappling with childhood trauma and the return of his estranged father. Written and directed by Kaphar and inspired by his own life experiences, the movie builds on the 2023 Exhibiting Forgiveness gallery presentation at Gagosian Beverly Hills, where a series of deeply personal paintings depicting figures, portraits, neighborhood houses, and personal artifacts were presented. These works precede the film and draw from Kaphar’s personal, emotional, and psychological well. By blending traditional oil painting techniques with unconventional mediums, Kaphar provokes conversations about family, community, and memory.
Director |
Titus Kaphar |
Featuring |
André Holland |
WINNER - AAFCA Award, Best Original Song
African-American Film Critics Association
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize, New Directors Competition
Nashville Film Festival
WINNER - Directors to Watch
Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2024 Sundance Film Festival
- 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2024 Nashville Film Festival
Event Details
Aspen Film is thrilled to partner with Anderson Ranch for the kick-off of their Ranch Week celebration with Aspen’s debut film screening of EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS, a film directed by Titus Kaphar, the recipient of Anderson Ranch’s 2025 International Artist Award. The screening will be followed directly by a Q&A with director Titus Kaphar and lead actor André Holland, moderated by Susan Wrubel, Executive + Artistic Director of Aspen Film.
This event is FREE and open to the public. No ticket purchase required, seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
AF Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen
Ranch Week will take place from July 8 to 12, 2025.
Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar is an artist whose paintings, sculptures, and installations examine the history of representation by transforming its styles and mediums with formal innovations to emphasize the physicality and dimensionality of the canvas and materials themselves. His practice seeks to dislodge history from its status as the “past” in order to unearth its contemporary relevance. He cuts, crumples, shrouds, shreds, stitches, tars, twists, binds, erases, breaks, tears, and turns the paintings and sculptures he creates, reconfiguring them into works that reveal unspoken truths about the nature of history. Open areas become active absences; walls enter into the portraits; stretcher bars are exposed; and structures that are typically invisible underneath, behind, or inside the canvas are laid bare to reveal the interiors of the work. In so doing, Kaphar’s aim is to reveal something of what has been lost and to investigate the power of a rewritten history.
André Holland
André Holland is an accomplished actor and producer known for his dynamic range and powerful performances across film, television, and theater. With a career marked by critically acclaimed roles, Holland has established himself as one of the most versatile talents in the industry.
Holland can currently be seen starring in THE ACTOR, a feature film directed by Duke Johnson, which premiered theatrically in March 2025. He is also the star and producer of LOVE, BROOKLYN, which premiered in competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film, produced by Steven Soderbergh, features Holland alongside Dewanda Wise and Nicole Beharie. Additionally, Holland stars in THE DUTCHMAN, a psychological thriller adapted from Amiri Baraka’s Obie Award-winning play, directed by Andre Gaines. The film, in which Holland appears opposite Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen McKinley Henderson, premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival.
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