‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’: Paint Through The Pain
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ seeks to ask one question, “What do you do when your parents are the source of your pain?”

A photographer, Aaron , loses his wife, Lily, in a subway accident. In the throes of a drug-fueled depression, he wanders the streets and subways late at night, taking random photos. Then he sees Lily in one of his photos, gazing back at him.
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ seeks to ask one question, “What do you do when your parents are the source of your pain?”
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