THU MAR 19, 2026 7:00 PM

MY FATHER'S SHADOW

$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Limited Engagement

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  • RELEASED IN: 2025
  • 94 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Akinola Davies

ABOUT THE FILM: 

In Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruba, and English with English subtitles.

The UK’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards and recipient of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davies Jr.’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW is a poetic, tender portrait of father-son bonds. Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. Brothers and collaborators Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies bring us a groundbreaking feature debut – centering an award-winning performance by Sopé Dìrísù (SLOW HORSES, GANGS OF LONDON) – that reveals the profound depths of what families leave unspoken.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: UK/Nigeria