My Father's Shadow

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Play Time: 93 mins
Drama, History
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.

Status: Released (2025-09-19)
Awards:2 nominations total
Screen:Akinola Davies, Wale Davies
Productions: BBC Film, BFI, Fremantle, Electric Theatre Collective, Element Pictures, Crybaby, Fatherland Productions
Production Countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ireland
Spoken Languages: English, Èdè Yorùbá
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Brent Marchant

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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’ ....

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