Akilla's Escape

Akilla Brown is 40 years old, and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis growing operation he runs is legitimate. Only one year into government-approved 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 15-year-old boy named Sheppard.

Upon learning 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 had escaped.

Cast

Akilla Brown

Saul Williams

Sheppard and Young Akilla

Thamela Mpumlwana

Prince

Vic Mensa

Faye

Donisha Prendergast

Thetis

Oluniké Adeliyi

Clinton

Ronnie Rowe Jr.