Akilla's Escape

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Overview

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.

Cast

Saul Williams

Akilla Brown

Thamela Mpumlwana

Sheppard / Young Akilla

D

Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast

Faye

Ronnie Rowe

Clinton

Oluniké Adeliyi

Thetis

Shomari Downer

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