Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban chilAkilla'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.详情
主演:乔尔·金纳曼,迈克尔·多曼,瑞安·施密特,莎拉·琼斯,珊特尔·范圣滕,乔迪·巴尔弗,克里斯·鲍尔,克莉丝·马绍尔,诺亚·哈普斯特,奥利维亚·特鲁希略,梅根·莱瑟斯,Nick Toren,斯宾塞·加雷特,埃里克·拉丁,Arturo del Puerto,索尼亚·瓦格尔,华莱士·朗翰,迈克尔·哈尔尼,内森·科德里,梅根·多兹,丹·华纳,泰迪·布鲁姆,瑞贝卡·薇索基,蓝尼·雅各布森 ,科鲁姆·费奥瑞,本·贝格利,艾德文·霍德吉,詹姆斯·乌尔班尼亚克,瑞恩·肯尼迪,戴夫·博沃,泰特·布鲁姆,马克·伊瓦涅,布赖恩·