

My Father's Shadow
Overview
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
- Production
- BBC Film, BFI, Fremantle, Electric Theatre Collective, Element Pictures, Crybaby, Fatherland Productions
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Akinola Davies Jr.
- Writers
- Wale Davies,Akinola Davies Jr.
- Producers
- Ama Ampadu,Rachel Dargavel,Ed Guiney,Andrew Lowe
- Cinematography
- Jermaine Canute Edwards
- Composer
- CJ Mirra,Duval Timothy
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Brent Marchant
October 23, 2025
Fathers and sons often have complicated relationships. In many instances, boys often don’t know their dads as well as they would like (or at all), leaving them with many unanswered questions about these individuals whom they dutifully but frequently inexplicably call “parent.” So it’s entirely understandable how the curious would jump at the chance to get to know their fathers better when such opportunities present themselves. So it is for two young boys, Aki (Godwin Egbo) and Remi (Chibuike Mar…

CinemaSerf
May 14, 2026
“Everything is sacrifice. You just have to pray you don’t sacrifice the wrong thing” That's a mantra that most parents probably consider as they try to do their best for their family, and it's certainly that which drives "Fola" (Sope Dirisu). He and his wife have two young sons, but life for them is hard. He has missed much of their upbringing as he had to leave school early and is so working, unskilled, in Lagos whilst their mother has something slightly more convenient nearer their home. The e…














