The Up and Coming Teenage Filmmaker Who Made History at the Tribeca Film Festival

Only on the "CBS This Morning" podcast, 19-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans discusses his directorial debut - "Burning Cane" with "CBS This Morning Saturday" co-host Michelle Miller. Now available on Netflix, Youmans' film won the best narrative feature award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival - making him the first African-American and youngest winner. Made while in high school, Youmans shares how he heard his film was being selected to premiere at the festival. He also discusses how acting in theater got him interested in film making, how he got actor Wendell Pierce to sign up for the film and his next project.

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