The BAFTA-nominated film is blazing a trail for Nigeria on screen. Director Akinola Davies Jr., star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and producers Rachel Dargavel and Funmbi Ogunbanwo unpack the groundbreaking movie.
“Everything is sacrifice,” says Fola. “You just have to pray you don’t sacrifice the wrong thing.” On first blush, whatever sacrifice was necessary to make “My Father’s Shadow” couldn’t have come at a ...
The film follows two Nigerian boys, Remi and Akin — played by real-life brothers Chibuike Marvellous Egbo and Godwin Chiemerie Egbo — who spend a day running errands with their somewhat distant father ...