“I remember having a moment. I teared up a little bit, because I didn’t recognise where I grew up.”
Our hometowns shape us. The places we spend our youth, the people in our lives, the permanent fixtures and the drifters, the first-times and last-times, the sights, sounds and smells. These experiences aren’t simply memories, they’re the bricks that we build ourselves with.
JOE joined Yardie star Aml Ameen for a journey through East London, touring the places and meeting the people that shaped Aml’s childhood. From the barbershop with Uncle Barry to the rooftops of Dalston, this personal journey through Aml’s life presents a different view of the capital.
Aml plays D in Yardie, a young man who leaves his native Jamaica for London, looking to avenge the death of his brother. Set between Kingston and Hackney, Yardie brings us into the London that Aml grew up in, and as you’ll see in the film below, your past never leaves those places.
