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My Father’s Shadow Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father (starring very talented Sope Dirisu as Folarin), estranged from his two young sons, as they reconnect one day and travel through the massive city of Lagos while political unrest threatens their journey home. My Father's Shadow is directed by acclaimed British-Nigerian artist / filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr.
Transcript
00:01Sometimes, it's hard to know what to do.
00:07I want to be with you boys and your mother always.
00:12But life is not like that.
00:15Nigeria is hard.
00:20Are you boys ready?
00:22Yes, Daddy!
00:25You are following me to Lagos today.
00:30Seven years before the coming of the Lord,
00:36your young men who see visions,
00:38your old men shall dream dreams.
00:40Repent!
00:44I don't believe we are going to come.
00:46But I need to.
00:50Maka!
00:51Maka!
00:52Maka!
00:53Maka!
00:54Maka!
00:55Maka!
00:56Maka!
00:57Maka!
00:58Maka!
00:59Maka!
01:00Maka!
01:01Maka!
01:02Maka!
01:03Maka!
01:04Maka!
01:05Maka!
01:06Maka!
01:07Maka!
01:08Maka!
01:09Maka!
01:10Maka!
01:11Maka!
01:12Maka!
01:13Maka!
01:14Maka!
01:15Maka!
01:16Maka!
01:17Maka!
01:18The problem with this country is discipline.
01:26This is why we need the meetings.
01:30Kapoor!
01:31You'd better take these long ones over.
01:33The streets are already hot.
01:35Fellow Nigerians,
01:36it is in the supreme interest of law and order
01:39that the presidential election be annulled.
01:43Everything is sacrifice.
01:45You just have to pray. You don't sacrifice the wrong thing.
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