Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set i
Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,00 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approval legalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla decides to cash out. While making a routine delivery on a cool, summer night, destiny takes an unexpected turn when Akilla confronts a firestorm of masked youths in an armed robbery.In the aftermath of the heist, Akilla captures one of the thieves, a mute fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon leaning the bandits are affiliated with the Garrison Army, a Jamaican crime syndicate his grandfather founded. Akilla is forced to reckon with a cycle of violence he thought he escaped.
主演:Steve Bongeorno , Maria Olsen , Cody Behrens , Andrew Jacobs , Derek Li , Ryan Lynch , Braeden McCawley , Maximus Nielsen , Rory L. Martell , Miguel Navarro , George Hunter Sepmeier , Cameron Storm Clarke , Carson Lee Flowers , Mike Casarietti , Brian Flo