“Akilla’s Escape” Not Rated. On Digital Platforms. Grade: B+ From Jamaican-Canadian writer-director Charles Officer comes a unique film noir that appears to take some of its story cues from his own life. The Akilla in “Akilla’s Escape” is a variation of the name of Achilles, the ancient Greek hero. In the film, Akilla (Saul Williams, […]
The ninth annual Canadian Screen Awards held their final night’s gala on Thursday, awarding the big prizes in film and television. Tracey Deer’s Oka-inspired
Beans won both the John Dunning best first feature film award and best motion picture. This comes after her TIFF emerging talent award last year.
Indigenous zombie feature
Blood Quantum, which was leading with 10 nominations, won seven awards, including for Montreal-based Mi’kmaq writer-director Jeff Barnaby and best lead actor for Michael Greyeyes. Click here to watch our interview with the cast of
Blood Quantum.
Deepa Mehta won best director for her film
Funny Boy. Her movie was initially submitted to the Oscars for best international film but was pulled out because it didn’t meet the foreign language requirements. The movie also won best adapted screenplay, which was earned by Mehta and author Shyam Selvadurai, and music for composer Howard Shore.
I m doing this my way… Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for
Akilla s Escape, an acclaimed crime noir film that originally premiered at last year s Toronto Film Festival last fall. The second feature from Jamaica-Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer (also of
Nurse.Fighter.Boy), the film is about the modern urban child-soldier.
Saul Williams stars as Akilla Brown, who is about to cash out of his cannabis growing business. He then captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery at his place. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped. The cast includes