My Father's Shadow

My Father's Shadow (2025)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Watch film My Father's Shadow | My Father's Shadow director Akinola Davies Jr. on the importance of family

Release date

2025-09-19

Country

Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ireland

Production

Element Pictures, BBC Film, BFI, Crybaby Productions, Fremantle, Electric Theatre Collective, Fatherland Productions

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Akinola Davies Jr.

Actors

Sope Dirisu, Efon Wini, Godwin Egbo, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Tosin Adeyemi, Adesina McCoy Babalola, Lawrence Chu, Patrick Diabuah, Paul Edobor, Martha Ehinome Orhiere
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Scenario

Wale Davies, Akinola Davies Jr.

Producer

Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo, Ama Ampadu, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Eva Yates, Akinola Davies Jr., Sope Dirisu, Wale Davies

Operator

Jermaine Edwards

Composer

CJ Mirra

Artist

Audition

Shaheen Baig

Editing

Omar Guzmán
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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.

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