The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died. As adults, they could hardly remember him. Then Wale had an idea for movie. What if, by ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died. Many years later, they began thinking about an idea for movie: What if they had gotten to spend ...

Sundance prizewinner and BAFTA nominee Akinola Davies Jr. is set to hit the Croisette with his buzzy debut feature “My Father’s Shadow,” a semi-autobiographical film featuring “Gangs of London” star ...

Akinola Davies Jr. feels, as many do, that he grew up in the shadow of his father. He died when Akinola and his older brother Wale were both very young, almost too young to remember. Growing up in ...

Following its Cannes premiere earlier this year, My Father’s Shadow has released the first trailer of its semi-autobiographical tale. Premiering Feb. 6 in theaters, via Mubi, the Akinola Davies ...

Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature film, “My Father’s Shadow,” is a reflective story that opens with a quiet simplicity but slowly reveals itself to be something much more elusive. Premiering at the ...

"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 ...

Akinola Davies Jr.'s debut feature "My Father's Shadow" has emerged as the film to beat at the upcoming 2025 British Independent Film Awards. The Cannes-bowing film, starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and set ...

Two young boys are invited by their mostly absent father to travel from their village home to spend the day with him in Lagos, a coastal city of 20 million or so, where his errand is to pick up a ...