My Father's Shadow
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9/19/2025Runtime
93 minsGenres
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Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
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A layered family portrait set against the backdrop of political turmoil, where two brothers and their estranged father navigate both the chaos of Lagos and the quieter, more difficult geography of their relationships. The film uses a nation's crisis to illuminate a family's reckoning.
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