Akilla's Escape
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A drug dealer captures a fifteen-year-old boy after a robbery and spends one brutal night confronting the cycle of generational violence he thought he'd left behind.
Why watch: TIFF premiere. The score is by Saul Williams and Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja.
Cast
Saul Williams as Akilla Brown
Thamela Mpumlwana as Sheppard / Young Akilla
Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast as Faye
Ronnie Rowe as Clinton
Oluniké Adeliyi as Thetis
Shomari Downer as Shadow
Colm Feore as Benji
Bruce Ramsay as Jimmy
Vic Mensa as Prince
Theresa Tova as Athena
Brandon Oakes as Zo
Cassius Crieghtney as Cutty
Pedro Miguel Arce as Rodrigo
Victor Gomez as Andres
David Keeley as Detective Jones
Crew
Charles Officer — Director
Charles Officer — Writer
Motion — Writer
Jake Yanowski — Producer
Charles Officer — Producer
Maya Bankovic — Director of Photography
Andres Landau — Editor
Saul Williams — Original Music Composer
Robert Del Naja — Original Music Composer
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