Award-winning Jamaican Drama ‘From Yard’ Now Streaming Worldwide on Tubi

From Yard, the highly anticipated, award-winning television series pilot which had its red carpet premiere in Jamaica in 2023, has been acquired by popular streaming platform Tubi and is now available for viewing internationally.

Based on the autobiographical novel Yardie by David G. Heron, From Yard is described as an immigrant urban drama that follows the life of the author from his childhood days growing up in Jamaica to his often turbulent young adulthood and life in New York City as an NYPD parole officer, as he struggles to find his own path amidst personal and professional challenges and tragedy.

The pilot is produced by Leland and Phaedra Benford through Cupcake Rapture Studios in Atlanta, with Heron serving as executive producer. Benford directs from a script written by Heron, Noel E. Dunn and Maya Hall, adapted from Heron’s novel.

The one hour pilot, distributed by Wish Love media, is intended to be the first of a full season comprised of several additional episodes. According to Executive Producer Heron, the streaming deal with Tubi is the next step towards acquiring support for that first season.

 “Streaming on Tubi enables us to be seen by a wide international audience which will hopefully lead to us being able to eventually produce our full season of episodes,” he says. “So the more viewers that tune in to watch our show is the more beneficial it is for all parties. The journey to this moment began several years ago with the initial publication of my novel Yardie, and so the fact that we now find ourselves here, some two years after we shot our pilot episode, is a tribute to our passion, dedication, commitment and tenacity. If it is true that ‘good things come to those who wait,’ we think From Yard has definitely been worth waiting for, and we hope our viewers will agree.”

Following its star studded world premiere at Kingston’s Palace Cineplex in 2023, From Yard went on to become an official selection at several major international film festivals, earning highly positive reviews and winning a number of awards. It was named Best Short Drama at the 2024 Shoot Your Shot Film Festival and earned a special recognition award at the 2025 Spotlight Short Film Awards . It was also a finalist at the 2024 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival and an official selection at both the 2024 Black Film Festival in Atlanta as well as the Caribbean Tales International Film Festival in Toronto.

The accomplished cast of mostly Jamaican actors in From Yard is headed by Shevrado Oliver in the leading role of David G. Heron, along with Glen ‘Titus’ Campbell, playwright and actor David Heron (not to be confused with  Executive Producer David G. Heron), Joe Herrera, Darron Donaldson, Miranda Melhado and Adam Christian as the young David G. Heron.

The accomplishments and visibility of several cast members has also risen considerably since the show’s production.

Shevrado Oliver earned a 2024 Accolade Global Recognition Award as Best Actor for his performance in the upcoming feature film Behind Closed Doors and also made his New York stage acting debut in the recent Silver Anniversary production of David Heron’s Off Broadway comedy Love and Marriage and New York City.

Heron himself won the 2024 Broadway World Award  for Best Supporting Performer in Shakespeare in The Park’s The Tempest (Rhode Island), while Glen Campbell earned Jamaican theatre’s 2024 Actor Boy Award for Best Actor in the comedy production Room 513. Additionally, Joe Herrera has appeared recently in the popular crime drama BMF (Black Mafia Family) on the STARZ network.

In the words of producer-director  Leland Benford, whose first feature film Empathy is also currently airing on Tubi, “We are extremely happy and very proud to congratulate our cast of actors who have continued to excel in their respective careers since we all collaborated on From Yard. Their great work and growing fan bases can make a big difference in the success of our show on Tubi as we chart our path forward, hopefully leading to the opportunity to produce our full first season of episodes.”