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Burning Cane is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Phillip Youmans in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan and Braelyn Kelly.
Nov 11, 2019 · Burning Cane is about a woman named Helen (Karen Kaia Livers) who struggles to understand how best to love and help both her alcoholic son Daniel (Dominique McClellan) and the...
Oct 23, 2019 · All the battered wife must do is clean out her closet, close the door and pray away the devil, thus magically transforming her adulterous spouse into a loving partner. Youmans’ clear-eyed, therapeutic meditation on his own Southern Baptist upbringing is a much-needed dose of reality after such misogynistic propaganda.
Nov 6, 2019 · Burning Cane: Directed by Phillip Youmans. With Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly. Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son.
Oct 24, 2019 · When the inebriated pastor is met by Helen after he’s pulled over during his trip to the market, he’s parked outside a historic site — a preserved former slave quarters. “Burning Cane ...
Oct 25, 2019 · Burning Cane is a compelling look at weighty themes -- and a remarkably assured debut from an impressively talented young filmmaker. An aging mother who lives in cane fields of rural Louisiana,...
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May 11, 2019 · Phillip Youmans' moody documentary-like drama turns a handful of downbeat lives in rural Louisiana into a poetic adventure in seeing.
Oct 29, 2019 · But those elements do not define Phillip Youmans’ incredible dark feature debut “ Burning Cane ,” which grapples with issues of toxic masculinity, addiction, faith, and religion in a Southern Black Baptist church community. This expansive yet compact narrative from the 19-year old filmmaker, which won top honors at this year's Tribeca ...
Nov 12, 2019 · Nov. 12, 2019 7 AM PT. Phillip Youmans was just 17 years old when he wrote, directed, shot and edited “Burning Cane,” his commentary on the relationship between religion, toxic...
Nov 9, 2019 · Phillip Youmans is the director of "Burning Cane." He is the first African American to win the Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival this past May.
