Following its Cannes premiere earlier this yr, My Father’s Shadow has launched the primary trailer of its semi-autobiographical story.
Premiering Feb. 6 in theaters, by way of Mubi, the Akinola Davies Jr.-helmed movie stars Sope Disiru as a Nigerian father attempting to guard and bond along with his two estranged sons (Chibuike Marvellous Egbo and Godwin Egbo) throughout the course of a single day within the capital Lagos throughout the 1993 election as unrest threatens their journey dwelling.
Co-written along with his brother Wale Davies, Akinola informed Deadline the historic setting of his directorial debut “helped us create an enormous quantity of rigidity and inform the story of what really occurred in that interval in Nigeria. It additionally helps folks perceive the historical past of Nigerians, in addition to the diaspora, in addition to different folks in Africa, in addition to different folks on the planet.”
Akinola added, “I feel folks have this obsession about Nigeria in lots of situations, since you hear it within the music and also you see it within the trend or expertise. However really, it serves to know just a little bit extra than simply these issues, as a result of it’s a very magical and complicated place.”
Noting that he was 20 months outdated when his father died, Akinola stated his brother’s script moved him to tears. “I’d by no means actually conceived of the concept of spending a day with my father… for somebody I’m named after and by no means bought to know,” he defined.
My Father’s Shadow made historical past this yr as the primary movie from Nigeria to premiere in Cannes’ Un Sure Regard (Official Assortment), earlier than debuting in Nigerian cinemas in September.
