My Father's Shadow

Name: My Father's Shadow
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2025-09-19
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Sope Dirisu, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Godwin Egbo, Akereli David, Owa Orire Jeremiah

My Father's Shadow (2025)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Video for the film My Father's Shadow — My Father's Shadow director Akinola Davies Jr. on the importance of family

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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

Box office

Website

https://mubi.com/en/myfathersshadow

Director

Akinola Davies Jr.

Actors

Sope Dirisu, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Godwin Egbo, Akereli David, Owa Orire Jeremiah, Efon Wini, Olarotimi Fakunle, Greg 'Teddybear' Ojeufa, Tosin Adeyemi, 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, Christian Vesper

Camera operator

Jermaine Edwards

Composer

CJ Mirra

Artist

Pablo Anti, Jennifer Anti, Matthew Alagbile

Audition

Shaheen Baig

Editing

Omar Guzmán
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Short description

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.