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My Father’s Shadow Review: Tender Portrait of Patriarchal Love Amidst Nigerian Political Turmoil
Akinola Davies Jr. remembers the Lagos of his childhood as one brimming with cultural abundance…
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has lifted the suspension earlier imposed on Nollywood actress…
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3 Cold Dishes Review – Burna Boy Produces Deftly Directed Revenge Tales With Echoes Of Kill Bill
Directed by self-taught film-maker Asurf Oluseyi and produced by rapper Burna Boy, this Nollywood thriller…
A recent release from the flourishing film industry in Nigeria, or “Nollywood”, is an intense historical…
Twelve minutes into an interview with Allen Ginsberg for the BBC’s Face to Face, Jeremy…
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: Cannes’ First Nigerian Movie Mixes Autobiography And Mystery
The line “I’ll see you in my dreams” is repeated frequently in Akinola Davies Jr.’s…
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: Nigeria’s First Ever Cannes Selection Marks A Miraculous Gem of Autofiction
“My Father’s Shadow” pulls off a miraculous, double-edged feat with a rather simple structure. The…
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Mournful Miracle Of A Film Evokes Heartbreak Similar To ‘Aftersun’ But 1990s Lagos, Nigeria [Cannes]
No matter how surreptitiously Folarin (Sope Dirisu) thinks he’s acting, his perceptive young sons Remi…
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: First Nigerian Film Selected For Competition Is A Moving Universal Story Of Fathers And Sons – Cannes Film Festival
It would be a historic and special moment just simply for the fact that Akinola…