老虎古玛和桑哈出生在印度支那的原始森林里,本来正是无忧无虑的童年期,但是这里的古老石窟却招惹来一帮西方来的探险队。他们枪杀了他们的父亲。不幸的古玛被他们抬走了,剩下桑哈跟母亲慌乱逃生。古玛给辗转卖到了马戏团,被迫每天练习跳火圈之类的把戏。他想念家人,还不习惯被驯养的生活,境 况非常悲凉。 而他的兄弟桑哈,也没能逃脱被人类抓捕的命运。幸亏长官的儿子非常宠爱它,把它留在家中一起生活,让他免于颠簸的生活。然而,它毕竟是一只有野性的老虎,当家人发现了危险的苗头时,可怜的桑哈还是被送到了动物园。 几个月后,一场斗虎比赛开始了。两兄弟竟然意外被安排成竞技场上的对手。这次重逢让兄弟俩喜出望外,并开始了他们的逃脱计划。
Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,00 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approval 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 fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon leaning 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 escaped.