Individual Films:
HLSI Members: £11 / Non-Members £15
Please note that this event will be taking place in our Victoria Hall, which is step free.
This is a 2025 semi auto semi biographical drama film directed by Akinola Davies Jr, it is his feature length debut. Two boys lose their father in infancy and recreate the life they might have had in order to get to know him and to explore their own concepts of fatherhood and masculinity. It is set in Lagos, in the tumultuous political climate of 1993 during the historic and chaotic June presidential election when hopes for democracy were crushed by a military dictatorship. Akinola won a BAFTA Award for outstanding debut film.
Doors open at 7.00pm for pre-film drinks
Film starts at 7.30pm
Film Talk at 9.30pm
Please book by 1pm on the day of the film or pay on the door.
Nigeria 2025 94 mins. Dir. Akinola Davies starring Sope Dirisu, Wale Davies and Godwin Egbo
