‘The Body Remembers’ Review: One Prospers, the Other Doesn’t
There’s a crucial scene near the midpoint of the Canadian drama “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,” and it brilliantly illuminates the experiential chasm between its two leads.
‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’: Film Review
A two-hander told in real time, ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,’ distributed by Ava DuVernay’s Array, explores domestic violence, class and racism through the experiences of two young women.
How Burning Cane’s 19-year-old director made his haunting tale of religion in the South
Phillip Youmans shot the movie the summer before his senior year of high school — and made one of the year’s breakout indies.
For ‘Burning Cane’ Director Phillip Youmans, His New Orleans Roots Are His Inspiration
At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this year, Phillip Youmans made history. The 19-year-old director took home the top prize at the festival, the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, for his debut Burning Cane—the first Black director in Tribeca history to do so.
