Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut for “Yardie” which is set in the 1970s and based on the novel by Victor Headley about a large Jamaican community in Londen taking viewers into the world of drugs and music.

“Yardie” will be in Theaters March 15, 2019

About Yardie
Set in 70s Kingston and 1980s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), Yardie, based on the best-selling novel by Victor Headley, centers around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following a young courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen, The Maze Runner) to London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and also reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson, TV’s Thicker Than Water) and child.

Starring: Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Shantol Jackson (“Thicker Than Water”), Stephen Graham (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”, Pirates of the Caribbean), Sheldon Shepherd, Naomie Ackie (Lady Macbeth)

Official soundtrack features music by: Dennis Brown, Grace Jones, Skip Marley, The Isley Brothers, Yellowman and more.

Screenplay by: Victor Headley, Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman