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Akilla's Escape is a 2020 drama film, directed by Charles Officer, his final feature prior to his death in 2023. The film stars Saul Williams as Akilla, a marijuana dealer retiring from the business following legalization, who tries to rescue a young boy (Thamela Mpumlwana) from being drawn into a life of crime.
Jul 15, 2021 · Akilla's Escape: Directed by Charles Officer. With Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast, Vic Mensa. In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery.
May 20, 2021 · 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 a...
Watch Akilla's Escape with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. Akilla's Escape occasionally loses sight of its strongest assets, but...
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Jun 14, 2021 · Powered by JustWatch. “Akilla’s Escape” opens with a black-and-white historical montage set to Bob Marley’s “Punky Reggae Party.” Interspersed throughout clips describing the rise of gang violence in Jamaica are scenes of an older Jamaican man dancing vibrantly to Marley’s famous reggae banger.
Jun 10, 2021 · Akilla’s Escape recasts the monolithic narrative of gang involvement as one that rejects a trope of Black peril in order to tell a multi-dimensional story of resilience – one where keen...
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
Aug 25, 2022 · Set mostly in Toronto, just after the legalisation of marijuana shook up the criminal supply chain, the bloody gangland drama Akilla’s Escape offers a moreish mix of familiar genre tropes and...
Jun 15, 2021 · In this crime-noir, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped. Includes the award-winning short film BLACK BODIES.
Sep 12, 2020 · Musician Saul Williams scores and stars in Charles Officer’s generation-spanning Toronto crime film ‘Akilla’s Escape.’
