My Father's Shadow 
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Descriptive subtitles screening on Wed 11 Feb at 6.30pm
Winner of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davies Jr’s intimate and resplendent film chronicles two brothers spending a rare day with their father in Lagos.
It’s a deeply personal family story set against the turbulence of 1993 Lagos during a pivotal national election promising a shift from military rule to democracy in Nigeria. When young brothers Remi and Akin (Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvelous Egbo) unexpectedly accompany their oft-absent father (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) to the city to collect his long-overdue salary, what unfolds is a rich journey through memory, masculinity, and a country on the cusp of fragile transformation.
Drawn loosely from Davies’ own experiences and co-written with his brother Wale, My Father’s Shadow is anything but conventional. It is the UK's official submission for Best International Feature Film category at this year's Oscars.
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