Akilla’s Escape
GENRE: Feature Crime Noir
PRODUCER: Jake Yanowski, Charles Officer
DIRECTOR: Charles Officer
WRITER: Charles Officer and Motion
CAST: Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Vic Mensa, Donisha Prendergast, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Olunike Adeliyi, Colm Feore, Bruce Ramsay, Shomari Downer
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.
Official Selection, Special Event - Toronto International Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection - Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection - Atlanta Film Festival, 2021