My Father's Shadow
Drama
8.375/10
|NG
|en
|93 min
Release Date: 2025-09-19
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.
Production Companies
BBC FilmBFIFremantleElectric Theatre CollectiveElement PicturesCrybaby
User Reviews
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Brent Marchant
9/10
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’s entirely understandable how the curious would jump at the chance to get to know their fathers better when such opp...
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