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A Family’s Memories and a Nation’s Struggles in ‘My Father’s Shadow’  The New York Times

My Father's Shadow review: An enchanting tale of generational memory  Roger Ebert

With My Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr brings home into focus  Substack

Check Out Alabama Backdrops From 'About My Father' At These Filming Locations  Travel Noire

Movie Review: A deeply affecting day with dad, amid Nigerian unrest, in ‘My Father’s Shadow’  AP News

“My Father’s Shadow” Is Intensely—Yet Obliquely—Autobiographical  The New Yorker

‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Film of Great Political Importance, But Lacking in Emotional Impact  Movies We Texted About

My Father’s Shadow Review: A Lovely Tale of Familial Bonding That Plays Things Safe  The Film Stage

‘My Father’s Shadow’ is an ode to memory and loss, blazing a trail for Nigerian cinema  CNN

Revisited: My Dad Was One Battle After Another  Talkhouse

‘My Father’s Shadow’: Reconstructing a Parent Through Memory  The Hoya

Review: My Father’s Shadow — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott  The Saturday Evening Post

Audio Film Review: John Magaro is a Father Figure in ‘Omaha’  HollywoodChicago.com

Sopé Dìrísù Is a Dad Struggling to Connect in ‘My Father’s Shadow’ (Exclusive Trailer)  The Hollywood Reporter

‘My Father Killed Bourguiba’ Explores How a Failed Plot to Overthrow the Government Left a Tunisian Family Struggling to Live With the Consequences  Variety

Shooting on KODAK 16mm, DP Jermaine Edwards depicted a touching…  Kodak

‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: The Double Frame of Memory  The New York Times

In ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ family memory and Nigerian history are resurectected  Sentinel Colorado

From Leyte to Rotterdam: ‘i grew an inch when my father died’ Is a Tender, Haunting Philippine Debut  The Hollywood Reporter

I Never Sang for My Father | film by Cates [1970]  Britannica

Movie Review: ‘My Father’s Shadow’ is a Beautiful Remembrance  InSession Film

Marlon Wayans Reveals His Late Father’s Final Wish Brought the Wayans Brothers Back Together for ‘Scary Movie 6’  Comic Basics

Akinola Davies Jr. on Bringing Light Into “My Father’s Shadow”  The Moveable Fest

My Father's Shadow review — Akinola Davies Jr.'s family drama marks 'hugely impressive debut'  empireonline.com

My dad left me alone in a movie theater at 8. Mel Brooks did the rest  St. Louis Jewish Light

MY FATHER'S SHADOW highlights a family's resilience through political turmoil  Moviejawn

I Will See You In Dreams: Akinola Davies Jr. on “My Father’s Shadow”  Roger Ebert

i grew an inch when my father died  IFFR