The semi-autobiographical film 'My Father’s Shadow' is set against the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, starring Sope Disiru.

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...

It would be a historic and special moment just simply for the fact that Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, is the first film from Nigeria to be selected to play in the Cannes Film ...

My Father’s Shadow’, which premiered under Un Certain Regard, is a  semi-autobiographical story co-written by Akinola and his ...

"Everything is sacrifice. You just have to pray you don't sacrifice the wrong thing." Mubi has revealed an official trailer for one of the best indie discoveries of the year - a film titled My ...

Following its Cannes premiere earlier this year, My Father’s Shadow has released the first trailer of its ...

Sopé Dirisu ('Slow Horses') leads Akinola Davies Jr.'s debut feature, which follows a father trying to connect with his sons over the course of a consequential day in Nigerian politics. By Lovia ...

Nigeria breaks ground at Cannes with Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow This marks the first time a Nigerian director has brought a Nigerian-set fiction feature into Cannes' official selection, ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Two young women fill the screen, reclining on a bed, talking about their hope of having children. They are protagonists in a new Nigerian film called "Ife" depicting their love story ...

It would be a historic and special moment just simply for the fact that Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow is the first film from Nigeria ever to be selected to play in the Cannes ...