Kuti Family at special screening of My Father’s Shadow

The iconic Kuti family recently attended a special screening hosted by AMVCA and BAFTA-winning writer of My Father’s Shadow Wale Davies and AMVCA-winning producer Funmbi Ogunbanwo.

Femi Kuti said of the film: “For me, it brings back so many possibilities of how Nigeria should be great. It brings back so many memories of that period, before that period, where we are now in Nigeria…how we keep trying to be great.”

The event was attended by Femi Kuti, Mádé Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Nedo Kuti, Theo Lawson and other members and guests of the family.

My Father’s Shadow is set in the aftermath of the historic June 12 1993 Nigerian election crisis, a date that has since become Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The film’s current re-release invites audiences to revisit the acclaimed film as a living archive of memory and nationhood ahead of June 12.

My Father’s Shadow continues its journey as a cultural document inviting audiences to reflect on where Nigeria has been and where it is going.