Idris Elba’s directorial debut YARDIE opens in UK August 31st. com/YardieFilm twitter.

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Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE (/ˈɪdrɪs/; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, director, writer, producer, musician, DJ, rapper, and singer. He is best known for taking versatile acting roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

Idris Elba, Actor: Beasts of No Nation. An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped out. He gained a place in the National Youth.

On his Idris Elba Presents: The YARDIE Mixtape, the talented Brit cooks up 14 different original tracks that align with dialogue and original scoring from the film to make for one massive effort and highlight of Elba's resume. I had the best seat in the house, music and film. So this mixtape is the aftershock of YARDIE, a collection of tunes that extends my love affair with the film.

Watch Idris Elba's 'Yardie' Trailer: Adapted from Victor Headley's novel by the same name. This weekend, we’re treated to the first trailer of Idris Elba‘s Yardie, a British crime film exploring themes of retribution and emotional trauma. The renown actor is faithful to capture the cultural perspective of Jamaica, drawing on Victor Headley’s 1992 novel by the same name. In the trailer, we are introduced to a young Jamaican man named D played by Aml Ameen, who experiences the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary) as a child. Emotionally scarred D is then taken in by Kingston Don and music producer King Fox played by Sheldon Shepherd. Later, Fox sends D to London,.

Idris Elba is a British television, theatre & film actor who has starred in projects in both th. 31 August ·. Excited to announce my directorial debut is in cinemas now!

Idris Elba will release a mixtape inspired by his film YARDIE, which was released last year. It was a true collaboration and everyone on the tape could relate to YARDIE. Idris Elba Presents: The YARDIE Mixtape drops on June 21 on Elba’s own 7WALLACE imprint. Check out the full tracklist and trailer for the film below. Tracklist: 01. Cadenza – ‘Teapot’ feat.

Directed by Idris Elba, Yardie is set in the 70’s and ’80s and is about a Jamaican man who had a rough childhood with the haunting memory of the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. He grows up in the hands of Kingston Don and King Fox who is a music producer. He then travels to London, where he meets his childhood sweetheart again and his daughter who he has not seen since she was born. Everything seems to be going his way until he finds himself in the face of the man who murdered his brother.