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My Father's Shadow (2025)
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Two brothers' day with their father makes 1993 Lagos feel enormous through transport, waiting and the effort of trying to be paid. Akinola Davies Jr. lets a child's curiosity register details that adults are already tired of managing. The 2025 festival film's wider 2026 release offers a recent, intimate route into the list. Political unrest threatens the journey home, with family memory shaping what the city reveals.
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About My Father's Shadow
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.