Akilla's Escape
'Akilla's Escape' may only cover one very bad night in the life of a city, but its power will stick with you for days, even weeks.
Akilla's Escape
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 approved 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 learning 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.
Genre
Crime,
Drama,
African-American Experience
Web Site
Runtime
90
Language
English
Director
Charles Officer
Writer(s)
Charles Officer,
Wendy Motion Brathwaite
Cast
Saul Williams,
Thamela Mpumlwana,
Vic Mensa
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 6.11.21 - 7.01.21
Royal 6.11.21 - 6.24.21
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