My Father’s Shadow + Director Q&A Trailer

12A94 min

Synopsis

Volta Pictures, UMUTI:MA and Maona Art present a special preview of My Father's Shadow that will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director Akinola Davies Jr.

A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian metropolis Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.

Directed by BIFA Best Director Winner Akinola Davies Jr., MY FATHER’S SHADOW captures, through a child’s eyes, a moment of profound historical upheaval - when everything is on the verge of change.