“My Father’s Shadow,” the first feature by the British Nigerian director Akinola Davies, Jr., has a strong yet elusive element of autobiography. Written by Davies’s older brother, Wale, the film ...

Inside the Grand Theatre Lumiere, one of cinema’s great cathedrals in Cannes, France, Akinola Davies Jr. stood, acknowledging the applause of over 2,000 peers. The British Nigerian director had just ...

Two young boys spend a day with their oft absent father in Lagos amid political turbulence in “My Father’s Shadow,” an affecting debut feature from Akinola Davies Jr. The film, which premiered at last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "My Fathers Shadow" (Credit: Cannes Film Festival) Akinola Davies Jr. feels, as many do, that he grew up in the shadow of his ...

In “My Father’s Shadow,” the Davies brothers pay tribute to him in a shattering father-son tale set across such a day in Nigeria. The film, Akinola’s directing debut, has gone on to become one of the ...

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 ...