‘Yardie’ Trailer: Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut Starts A War

Getting your directorial debut seen isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t hurt if your name is Idris Elba.

The actor has gone behind the camera to make his first movie, and has earned the blessing of the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival programmers, where the movie has screened.

Now it’s going from the festival circuit to the multiplex, and the first taste has landed.Based on the book by Victor Headley, “Yardie” follows a young man from Kingston, Jamaica who looks to leave his troubled past behind in London.

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