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Akilla's Escape is a 2020 drama film, directed by Charles Officer, [2] 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. [2]
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.
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- Crime, Drama
- Charles Officer
- 2021-07-15
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...
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A drug dealer finds his moral code challenged when he interrupts an armed robbery and captures one of the gang members who is a 15-year-old boy. Fandango at Home Prime Video Apple TV. Watch...
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- Saul Williams
- Charles Officer
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Jun 14, 2021 · June 14, 2021. 5 min read. “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.
May 20, 2021 · AKILLA'S ESCAPE Trailer (2021) Saul Williams, Drama Movie© 2021 - Vertical Entertainment US
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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.
