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.展开
珊妮·桑德勒 杰克·尚皮永 梅兰妮·林斯基 斯蒂芬妮·比翠丝 史蒂夫·布西密 乔恩·拉威茨 马克思·格林菲尔德 毕比·诺维尔什 斯嘉丽·艾斯特维兹 Elyse Bell Emma McNulty 伊桑·科斯塔尼拉 Dylan Pitanza Ade Chike Torbert Johnny Brown Jr.