My Father’s Shadow

Drama 94 min
FilmColumbia 2025
Tuesday, October 21
2:30pm
Crandell Theatre

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As Nigeria transitions chaotically from dictatorship to democracy in 1993, an absent father returns to his village to take his two young boys into Lagos to collect wages. Things do not go as planned, and the children and father quickly learn harsh truths about the political unrest and each other. Based loosely on director Akinola Davies’ own biography, My Father’s Shadow announces the arrival of a terrific new filmmaker.

directed by
Akinola Davies
written by
Akinola Davies, Wale Davies
with
Sopé Dìrísù, Godwin Egbo, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo
language
English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin (with English subtitles)
distributor
Mubi