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.
Review: New Orleans-set ‘Burning Cane’ marks the bold debut of 19-year-old director
