Titus Kaphar

I did, yeah.

First shout out to Kate Capshaw, his wife. She's a painter. That's how we met. She came to the studio and we were just geeking out about paint. I had these canvases there that I had been working on for the film. She asked me, she said, what is all this work about? This feels a little different from your other paintings.

First shout out to Kate Capshaw, his wife. She's a painter. That's how we met. She came to the studio and we were just geeking out about paint. I had these canvases there that I had been working on for the film. She asked me, she said, what is all this work about? This feels a little different from your other paintings.

First shout out to Kate Capshaw, his wife. She's a painter. That's how we met. She came to the studio and we were just geeking out about paint. I had these canvases there that I had been working on for the film. She asked me, she said, what is all this work about? This feels a little different from your other paintings.

And so I had a script in my hand and I handed it to her, signed it and said, you know, thanks for coming to the studio. Appreciate you. And Kate and I have stayed in touch. And so she read the script in about 24, 48 hours and got back to me and said, this is something special. Do you mind if I share it with Steven? And I said, yeah, no, of course not. That's insane. What are you, nuts?

And so I had a script in my hand and I handed it to her, signed it and said, you know, thanks for coming to the studio. Appreciate you. And Kate and I have stayed in touch. And so she read the script in about 24, 48 hours and got back to me and said, this is something special. Do you mind if I share it with Steven? And I said, yeah, no, of course not. That's insane. What are you, nuts?

And so I had a script in my hand and I handed it to her, signed it and said, you know, thanks for coming to the studio. Appreciate you. And Kate and I have stayed in touch. And so she read the script in about 24, 48 hours and got back to me and said, this is something special. Do you mind if I share it with Steven? And I said, yeah, no, of course not. That's insane. What are you, nuts?

I said, of course. And she gave it to Stephen. And within a couple of days, he got back to me and he said, do you have something very special here? This is not the kind of film that Hollywood usually treats well. You have to protect yourself. It's going to be difficult, and it is not going to fix everything. And he had just done his own family story.

I said, of course. And she gave it to Stephen. And within a couple of days, he got back to me and he said, do you have something very special here? This is not the kind of film that Hollywood usually treats well. You have to protect yourself. It's going to be difficult, and it is not going to fix everything. And he had just done his own family story.

I said, of course. And she gave it to Stephen. And within a couple of days, he got back to me and he said, do you have something very special here? This is not the kind of film that Hollywood usually treats well. You have to protect yourself. It's going to be difficult, and it is not going to fix everything. And he had just done his own family story.

Yeah. And so he also told me that I cried every day on set. And for me, I didn't cry every day, but there were many days.

Yeah. And so he also told me that I cried every day on set. And for me, I didn't cry every day, but there were many days.

Yeah. And so he also told me that I cried every day on set. And for me, I didn't cry every day, but there were many days.

To be honest with you, Kate and Stephen spoke to me about the project throughout filming. And so on the other side of the project, I would say, yeah, it's true. Everything has not been fixed. But there definitely have been some revelations, like I said, about understanding the motivations of my father. That has changed. That has definitely changed for me.

To be honest with you, Kate and Stephen spoke to me about the project throughout filming. And so on the other side of the project, I would say, yeah, it's true. Everything has not been fixed. But there definitely have been some revelations, like I said, about understanding the motivations of my father. That has changed. That has definitely changed for me.

To be honest with you, Kate and Stephen spoke to me about the project throughout filming. And so on the other side of the project, I would say, yeah, it's true. Everything has not been fixed. But there definitely have been some revelations, like I said, about understanding the motivations of my father. That has changed. That has definitely changed for me.

Still.

Still.

Still.

Well, actually, let me rephrase that. It hasn't made me question what I do. It's made me question where what I do goes. So I don't question painting. I love that. That's like in my heart. It's the thing that I one of the things that I know that I was made for. But the reality is, as I said in that documentary, where I grew up, the place I grew up, does not look like the place where I am now.