Phillip Youmans

Melvin, a reluctant hero who is far from super, has been suppressing his telekinetic powers for years with booze, drugs, and women. In the process, he has failed at practically everything, most of all as a parent to his son. After a brush with death, Melvin decides to use his powers for good and clean up the streets of New Orleans with the help of his best friend/definitely-not-a-sidekick, Lucille. For a man who can do the impossible, it might be a fight even he can’t win.

Morality clashes with ceremony and things go awry.

Phillip Youmans made this short exclusively for Dazed in part of his takeover as guest editor. Described as a love letter to his home of New Orleans this stunningly shot short is truly poetic.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

November, an urgent film about white male privilege set against scenes of Black joy, freedom, and beauty.

Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.

Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.

In 1970 Los Angeles, a Black family looks fifty years into the future and imagines what life might be like in the year 2020. Told through a distinctly Black lens, their predictions unfold through a series of abstract, Afrofuturist images that blur past, present, and imagined possibility. Imagine a Moon Colony explores Black life, family, and visions of the future through the hopes and expectations of an earlier generation. This short film is part of the Hulu TV Series "Your Attention Please." Season 1, Episode 2.

In 1970 Los Angeles, a Black family looks fifty years into the future and imagines what life might be like in the year 2020. Told through a distinctly Black lens, their predictions unfold through a series of abstract, Afrofuturist images that blur past, present, and imagined possibility. Imagine a Moon Colony explores Black life, family, and visions of the future through the hopes and expectations of an earlier generation. This short film is part of the Hulu TV Series "Your Attention Please." Season 1, Episode 2.

Phillip Youmans made this short exclusively for Dazed in part of his takeover as guest editor. Described as a love letter to his home of New Orleans this stunningly shot short is truly poetic.

“Won’t You Celebrate With Me” is about Black woman unity in an alternative Afrofuture. The film depicts a small community of Black women who have let go of technology, material possession, and contact to the outside world. Through this isolation, they’ve developed an unbreakable bond.

“Won’t You Celebrate With Me” is about Black woman unity in an alternative Afrofuture. The film depicts a small community of Black women who have let go of technology, material possession, and contact to the outside world. Through this isolation, they’ve developed an unbreakable bond.