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Interview with filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. for My Father's Shadow - presented at 2025 Marrakech International Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Camera: Kerry Guiragossian.
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Timestamps:
0:21 A city, country, a memory and a family - those early conversations with Jermaine Edwards about POV and vantage points - talk about how the background and foreground are adding detail to two separated but united stories.
4:45 - You co-wrote this with your brother (Wale Davies) - and since you both work in the visual mediums — tell me about how lyricism and visual poetry.
7:13 - How was it to see Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù work alongside his players during filming and in-between takes?
10:22 - They say write what you know, after your short Lizard and My Father's Shadow, what are your future essays going to look like?
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CREDITS:
Producers: Rachel Darvagel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo.
Executive Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Love, Eva Yates, Ama Amadu, Christian Vesper, Akinola Davies Jr., Wale Davies, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
Co-producer: Lucy Drury.
Associate Producer: Moya De Young.
Director: Akinola Davies Jr.
Screenplay: Wale Davies, Akinola Davies Jr.
Camera: Jermaine Edwards.
Editor: Omar Guzmán Castro.
Music: Duval Timoty, CJ Mirra.
Cast: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Godwin Egbo, Akerele David, Owa Orire Jeremiah, Winifred Efon, Olarotimi Fakunle, Greg “teddy Bear” Ojefua, Tosin Adeyemi, Marta Ehinome, Ayo Lijadu, Patrick Diabuah, Adesina Babalola, Uzoamaka Aniunoh.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. for My Father's Shadow - presented at 2025 Marrakech International Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Camera: Kerry Guiragossian.
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Timestamps:
0:21 A city, country, a memory and a family - those early conversations with Jermaine Edwards about POV and vantage points - talk about how the background and foreground are adding detail to two separated but united stories.
4:45 - You co-wrote this with your brother (Wale Davies) - and since you both work in the visual mediums — tell me about how lyricism and visual poetry.
7:13 - How was it to see Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù work alongside his players during filming and in-between takes?
10:22 - They say write what you know, after your short Lizard and My Father's Shadow, what are your future essays going to look like?
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS:
Producers: Rachel Darvagel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo.
Executive Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Love, Eva Yates, Ama Amadu, Christian Vesper, Akinola Davies Jr., Wale Davies, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
Co-producer: Lucy Drury.
Associate Producer: Moya De Young.
Director: Akinola Davies Jr.
Screenplay: Wale Davies, Akinola Davies Jr.
Camera: Jermaine Edwards.
Editor: Omar Guzmán Castro.
Music: Duval Timoty, CJ Mirra.
Cast: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Godwin Egbo, Akerele David, Owa Orire Jeremiah, Winifred Efon, Olarotimi Fakunle, Greg “teddy Bear” Ojefua, Tosin Adeyemi, Marta Ehinome, Ayo Lijadu, Patrick Diabuah, Adesina Babalola, Uzoamaka Aniunoh.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
