Akilla's Escape (2020)
Directed by Charles Officer
Genres - Drama, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama, Urban Drama |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - Canada, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Augustine Chay
Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, and Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast star in director/co-writer Charles Officer’s crime drama, which is set in present-day Toronto and 1990s Brooklyn. A drug trader confronts his traumatic past after escaping from a violent robbery. Having captured a Jamaican teenager—a member of the group of thieves from his past encounter—he sets out to retrieve his stolen property.
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Black [race], child-soldier, gang-violence, inner-city, kidnapping, life-of-crime, self-awareness, street-gang, urban-problems
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Sleeper
