Sopé Dìrísù is struggling to connect, and to protect, his two young sons as the city of Lagos and the country of Nigeria falls apart around them, in the lyrical trailer for Akinola Davies Jr. ’s My Father’s Shadow .

Davies Jr.’s directorial debut is set over a single fateful day. It’s June 12, 1993. Nigeria has just held its first election since a military coup in the early 80s. On one side is a candidate who promises a new hope for democratic rule. On the other the incumbent, who would maintain military rule.

But brothers Akin (Godwin Egbo) and Remi (Chibuike Marlevous Egbo) aren’t interested in politics. When their usually-absent father Fola (Dìrísù), appears at their home in the countryside with a plan to take them with him to Lagos (he needs to reclaim four months of unpaid wag

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