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Akin Gazi appears in Yardie, the film adaptation of the book by Victor Headley Yardie, first published in 1990.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Yardie. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Yardie
Victor Headley, 1990
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Yardie
Idris Elba, 2018

Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, the movie revolves around the life of a young Jamaican man named D, haunted by the childhood murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. Under the guidance of Kingston Don and music producer King Fox, D is sent to London. There, he reunites with his childhood sweetheart Yvonne and their daughter, whom he hasn’t seen since she was a baby.