Instagram story viewer> @studiophill_> Tagged

studiophill_

@studiophill_

3K

followers

2637

following

A New Afrikan In America (NC)
Cultural Worker & Image Maker
@blackmenbuildnc
[@geesbendwtth Donation Link In Bio]

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

TONIGHT (Oct 21) Raleigh Men’s Circle is back at @ser_ymca from 6:30pm-8:00pm

See you there!

#Menscircle #blackmenbuild #raleigh #durham

150

1

Secular Black folk don't mind dabbling as it seems 'a bit of fun', even though its origins are in 'remembering the departed'....All Souls Eve....basically, remembering Ancestors.

Christian Black folk also make time to honour their saints and prophets....also people who were some-one's Ancestors.

Muslim Black folk likewise have days of honouring 'holy men' and prophet (PBUH), who are also other folks' Ancestors.

So why so little time and interest to also learn more about hpw to honour those in our shared heritage that jave sacrificed so much for us to be here?

Will you make time this month to honour another African sacred expressions....to learn more about your own Ancestors and their contribution to humanity's progress? Because October is also HOODOO month, incase you didn't know?

LINK IN BIO

3

0

Let’s get it! Raleigh Men’s Circle is back at @ser_ymca Oct. 21! Come as your are, grow as you leave!

Tag someone that needs to know about this!

#Menscircle #blackmenbuild #raleigh #durham

67

2

Calling all brothers to @shrineoftheblackstar for a special Sunday Men’s Circle aka “Sunday Circle”. Come as you are, grow as we go.

⏰ 4:00pm-6:30pm
📍Durham, NC

151

4

Sunday Sept 27th // REAL Talk at @shrineoftheblackstar with @bookerbbbrown //

Clear: Cultural Work is a part of my work. There are ways life shows us new versions of ourselves and I have to say, organizing with the brothas of BMB on the cusp of becoming a parent was a major evolution for me. Inside and outside. I’m most grateful for the community we’ve built here, the cultural workers and artists and, wild enough, how many present black fathers I’ve met and get the opportunity to walk alongside. This opportunity to chop it up with brotha Mark Anthony Neal confirmed I’m right where I need to be on this journey. Thank you.

Thank you to @bbennettweston for hearing that podcast in May and sayin, “BMB should connect with MAN. Sounds like yall are doing similar things!” It was at that meeting that he gave us the early copy of his upcoming book. And here we are!

Big shoutouts to @djuan____ for seeing the need to give brotha MAN his flowers and celebrate his new book, Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood here in Durham. Righteous work. Thank you to @diaslight333 for the glorious works being made in the space and for all of the pre, day of, and post-event work to make the space what it needed to be to hold the people.

To @shambomedina , thank you for answering the call to lead us in ritual to bring in the names of the fathers and parents we have lost. It’s not a small thing to commemorate our people and you did so beautifully. Thanks brotha.

Brotha comrade @studiophill_ pulled up and gathered some images for us, honored all requests and made sure we were good with where we landed. That’s the work.

Cultural workers are needed now more than ever. What’s happening in Durham is special. What’s happening now is necessary for us to be building a bigger Blacker future.

Thank y’all for all the support and love shown, peace to @blackmenbuildnc and all other friends and comrades who pulled up, gave feedback and notes for making the next ones even better. Catch the next one with Elder Eddie Swan in the coming weeks!

181

16

Informed organized Black men are a powerful force. Make a plan, bring a friend, because your voice counts. 9️⃣

#Durham #Raleigh #chapelhill #greensboro #charlotte

73

2

So many things went better than good on this trip. The @geesbendwtth team had an amazing time at this year’s #AiringOfTheQuilts festival in #GeesBend (@visitgeesbend)!
I absolutely want to thank the ancestors first for lookin’ out for us, laying the ground work in their lifetimes to make our work that much more possible, and just bein’ some down ass Afrikans and New Afrikans dedicated to the liberation of our people.
Martha Jane Pettway, Rubin Bendolph Jr., Aunt Deborah, Fannie Lou Hamer, Cudjo Lewis, Omowale El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), Estelle Witherspoon, Marcus Garvey; just to name a few.
We’ve got a fuller recap on the way for our @geesbendwtth page, but I just wanted to share a little myself of our experience.
Thank you to everyone we connected with out there. I wish we took more pictures together lol !
So proud of the team too!! Shoutout to @xsaviorism, @c_jefferson_, @julian_argo, and @afro_daakye for holdin it down on this trip and throughout the whole project. Shoutout @byarielbrown & @auntyenii_ who couldn’t make it, but are ESSENTIAL to this project as well!
Huge shoutout to the organizers of this year’s festival @fqb.legacy and @sewgeesbend_heritagebuilders; amazing job!
Images 1, 5, and 7 courtesy of the highly skilled elder @gusbennettphoto; appreciate you dearly brotha!
#GeesBendWTTH

3

13

ITS OFFICIAL 😮‍💨💎

SLIME BALL SEASON HAS BEGUN 🔥

TICKETS ARE LIVE AND IN OUR BIO RIGHT NOW ❤️‍🔥

SHOOT US A DM FOR A EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT 🥳

VOTING & CONCERT LINE UP OPENS NOVEMEBER 7th 👀👀👀

GRAB YA TICKETS AND BEAT US THERE 😎✨

#SLIMEBALLAWARDS2026 #RASTAA #NC #raleigh

3

3

There’s no better place to be during the holiday season than with family. In Gee’s Bend, the warmth of hugs, laughter, and connection is always present. As we close out the year, our team is reminded of how powerful it is to share memories and spend time with the ones we love.

Featured here are moments from X’s family gathering at his great grandmother Martha Jane Pettway’s home during the 2024 Airing Of The Quilts Festival (@visitgeesbend). Multiple generations came together to celebrate, reflect, and create something truly special. We’re grateful for the opportunity to document occasions like these. From our family to yours, we wish you a joyful and peaceful holiday season.

If you’d like to help support the completion of this documentary through a tax-deductible donation, visit the link in our bio, or DM this page for more details.
We are also accepting donations via checks and wire transfers; DM or email us at
GeesBendWTTH@Gmail.com if you’d like more details on either donation method.

The images featured here were created by our Director and Producer @studiophill_ , and Co-Director of Photography @c_jefferson_
.
.
.
.
.
#GeesBendWTTH #geesbend
#blackfineart #blackcreatives #blackartists #blackartspace #blackquilters #supportblackart #documentaryfilm #airingofthequilts #blackfamily #textileart #holidays #communitystories

87

6

“Brian Xsavior Pettway (@xsaviorism ) sharing a moment with his daughter Ezra Pettway on the porch of the Pettway Homestead; the original home of world-renowned quilter Martha Jane Pettway. I made this image in celebration of those genuine, warm moments shared between a parent and their child. With this being Martha Jane Pettway’s home as well, that adds a whole other multigenerational layer to this image.”
- Director, Producer, & Co-Director of Photography Phillip Loken
[Photo by @KingPhill_]

Also, today is X’s birthday!
Appreciate you letting us tell this story.
Happy birthday fam!

Help us reach our goal of $5,000 by the end of April by making a tax-deductible donation via the link in our bio (we accept checks and wire transfer too)! Your donation will help cover travel, equipment rental, and other production costs for this documentary film. We’ve only scratched the surface of the full Gee’s Bend, Alabama story we plan to tell through “Gee’s Bend: Welcome To The Hole”; we can complete this work with your help!
If you have any questions, feel free to DM or email us.

Subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) for major updates sent directly to your email inbox! At this stage of production for our film, you won’t be receiving many emails, but since there’s a strong interest in this film, we wanted to gather email addresses for future contact on major developments.

.
.
.
.
.

#GeesBendWTTH #GeesBend
#blackfineart #blackdocumenterian #blackcreatives #documentarian #blackartists #blackartspace #blackartsupport #blackartwork #blackartnetwork #blackartistconnected #blackartinamerica #supportblackownedbusinesses #blackartcollectors #youngblackartists #supportblackcreators #SDFSupported #documentaryfilm #documentaryfilms #documentaryfilmmaker #documentaryfilmmaking #imagemakers #kamoinge #blackfilm #blackdirectors #blackphotographer #philliploken #kingphillcreativestudios

3

0

“As we were up early preparing to head to the Airing of the Quilts festival, I looked over and saw this image of @xsaviorism I needed to make. I made this image because I felt it spoke immediately to the freedom and resourcefulness of a rural Black lifestyle based in the American South. For me, it’s also reminiscent of all your cousins sleeping over and y’all fightin’ to use that bathroom in the morning; until someone decides to think outside of the box.”

- Director, Producer, & Co-Director of Photography Phillip Loken
[Photo by @KingPhill_]

.
.
.
.
.

#GeesBendWTTH #GeesBend
#blackfineart #blackdocumenterian #blackcreatives #documentarian #blackartists #blackartspace #blackartsupport #blackartwork #blackartnetwork #blackartistconnected #blackartinamerica #supportblackownedbusinesses #blackartcollectors #youngblackartists #supportblackcreators #SDFSupported #documentaryfilm #documentaryfilms #documentaryfilmmaker #documentaryfilmmaking #imagemakers #kamoinge #blackfilm #blackdirectors #blackphotographer #philliploken #kingphillcreativestudios

3

2

“We had such a great time in Gee’s Bend; @xsaviorism ‘s family embraced us like we were long lost cousins. During the cookout, I didn’t intentionally mean to make an image with the faces of X’s family members not shown, but the anonymity allows the imagination to speak and guides anyone to see this image as one of their own family.”

- Director, Producer, & Co-Director of Photography Phillip Loken
[Photo by @KingPhill_]

.
.
.
.
.

#GeesBendWTTH #GeesBend
#blackfineart #blackdocumenterian #blackcreatives #documentarian #blackartists #blackartspace #blackartsupport #blackartwork #blackartnetwork #blackartistconnected #blackartinamerica #supportblackownedbusinesses #blackartcollectors #youngblackartists #supportblackcreators #SDFSupported #documentaryfilm #documentaryfilms #documentaryfilmmaker #documentaryfilmmaking #imagemakers #kamoinge #blackfilm #blackdirectors #blackphotographer #philliploken #kingphillcreativestudios

3

0