Akilla's Escape (2020)
90 min
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 gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
- Release date
- June 11, 2021
- Country of origin
- Canada, United States
Trailer
Cast
- Saul Williams as Akilla
- Thamela Mpumlwana as Sheppard
- Thamela Mpumlwana as Young Akilla
- Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast as Faye
- Vic Mensa as Prince
- Olunike Adeliyi as Thetis
- Shomari Downer as Shadow
- Ronnie Rowe as Clinton
- Theresa Tova as Athena
- Brandon Oakes as Zo
- Bruce Ramsay as Jimmy
Crew
- Charles Officer · Director
- Charles Officer · Writer
- Wendy Motion Brathwaite · Writer
- Charles Officer · Producer
- Jake Yanowski · Producer
- Robert Del Naja · Composer
- Saul Williams · Composer
- Maya Bankovic · Cinematographer
- Andres Landau · Editor
- Nicole Hilliard-Forde · Casting director
- Diana Abbatangelo · Production designer
- Bartosz Deptuch · Production designer