My Father’s Shadow (LFF)

1hr 34mins

Akinola Davies Jr’s intimate and resplendent film chronicles two brothers spending a rare day with their father in Lagos.

Screening as part of BFI London Film Festival in Partnership with American Express.

Unfortunately no Audio Description track is available for this feature.

Fola (a magnetic Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) is an enigmatic figure in his sons’ lives. As they traverse Lagos, Remi and Akin (real-life brothers Chibuike Marvellous and Godwin Egbo) begin to understand him as a person, and the sacrifices he has made for them.

But as Nigeria’s presidential election results loom, events transpire that will dramatically change their relationship with him.

Tickets on sale for Members from 10th September; general on-sale from 16th September.

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