From Web Series To Award Winning Feature Film

First began as a hit digital series on Issa Rae’s Channel and since has garnered over 7 million views, a loyal fan base, TV development deal with BET, featured in publications such as Good Morning America, Essence, Landscape, Hello Beautiful and now the feature film of the same name made the finalist round of the 2022 Screencraft film fund, premiered to a sold out audience at the 2023 Pan African Film Festival, and was an Official Selection at the 2023 Essence Film Festival in New Orleans. FIRST has gone on to win the Audience Award at both the 2023 Pan African Film Festival & 2023 Essence Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Feature at the 2023 Essence Film Festival. FIRST answered the deep call for Black people to see themselves represented on the small screen. The web series hit a chord with young Black audiences because it was one of the first web series to represent Black people in a positive way and has been in high demand from fans to be made into a movie. After years of trying to get FIRST made husband & wife team, Brandon and Jahmela Yarbrough decided to take matters in their own hands and produced, financed and co-directed the film through their production company, Yarbrough Studios. FIRST revolves around Charles (Will Catlett, A Thousand And One, Love Is, Ptolemy Grey), an aspiring documentarian who has let go of his dream of being a filmmaker, but manages to chronicle his first love. When Charles reconnects with his childhood friend Robin (Jahmela B. Yarbrough, CSI Miami, Whitney, Love Bites), sparks fly and they both find themselves entering territory that they both longed for but always feared. Charles documents the journey as these childhood friends fall in love one "first" at a time. SUBSCRIBE TO YET NETWORK ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXyMP2T6WWVZOaEFD8j-juw =========================== Connect with us! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/yetnetwork/ FB: ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/yetnetwork/ =========================== Connect with FIRST! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/firstthemovie/ FB: ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/firstthemovie/ =========================== Connect with Will Catlett! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/willcatlett/ =========================== Connect with Jahmela Yarbrough! =========================== IG: ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/jahmelabyarbrough/ #First #howtomakeamovie #featurefilm #indiefilm #willcatlett #jahmelabiggs #jahmelayarbrough #howtomakeafilm #makingmovies #webseries #film #family #faith #producer #writer #director #entrepreneur #husbandwife #funny #love #blacklove #silverscreen #essence #appletv #essencefilmfestival #essencefestival #panafricanfilmfestival #panafrican #netflix #hulu #issarae #hoorae #raedio #athousandandone #filmfestival #hitseries #weekendwatch #agoodmovie #neworleans #losangeles #yarbroughstudios #amazon #primevideo #hbomax #peacock #actor #director #writer #filmmaker