In his debut feature, "Exhibiting Forgiveness," writer-director Titus Kaphar set out to challenge himself with a story drawn from his own life. Roadside Attractions “I needed to find a way to talk to my sons about me, where I come from, and why I don’t call my father ‘Dad,’” Kaphar says. “I can recognize that if you don’t have faith …
Bayard Rustin mentored the Rev. With “Rustin,” written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, the director of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” returns to Netflix to correct the record. I was in the middle of working on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” so I said, “I don’t have the brainpower at the time to write it, but I’d love to direct …
