My Father’s Shadow,” directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and starring “Slow Horses” actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, has secured a place in ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)-- When Ken Umeano went to watch the summer sci-fi blockbuster "District 9," he stormed out after 30 minutes. "I was so angry," said Umeano, a Nigeria native living in Atlanta.

for scripting and directing Nigeria’s first movie ever to make it to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in nearly 80years. ‘My Father’s Shadow’, set in Lagos in the aftermath of the 1993 ...