Film
Akilla's Escape
Canada · United States- Age rating
- 16
- Director
- Charles Officer
- Year
- 2021
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.
Top cast
Saul Williams
Akilla Brown
Thamela Mpumlwana
Sheppard / Young Akilla
Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast
Faye
Ronnie Rowe
Clinton
Oluniké Adeliyi
Thetis
Shomari Downer
Shadow
Colm Feore
Benji
Bruce Ramsay
Jimmy
Vic Mensa
Prince
Theresa Tova
Athena
Brandon Oakes
Zo
Cassius Crieghtney
Cutty
Pedro Miguel Arce
Rodrigo
Victor Gomez
Andres
David Keeley
Detective Jones
Husein Madhavji
Redmond
Tony Nappo
Nico
Jennifer Podemski
Mrs. Rosenthal
Directed by
Charles Officer
Written by
Charles Officer, Motion
Produced by
Charles Officer, Jake Yanowski