My Father’s Shadow is a deeply personal family story set against the turbulence of 1993 Lagos, during a pivotal national election that promised a shift from military rule to democracy in Nigeria. When young brothers Remi and Akin unexpectedly accompany their oft-absent father to the city to collect his long-overdue salary, what unfolds is a rich journey through memory, masculinity, and a country on the cusp of fragile transformation. Sopé Dìrísù gives a quietly riveting performance as Folarin, a man both tough and tender, while real-life brothers Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvelous Egbo bring rawness, emotional depth, and grace to the screen. What emerges is not a story of easy reconciliation, but of slow recognition — the difficult work of seeing someone clearly, perhaps for the first time, and finding something in them more profound than expected.
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