GREENSBORO, N.C. – A North Carolina educator is making his mark in the film industry. 

What You Need To Know

  • Genesis depicts God as a Black woman

  • The film won four awards

  • The filmmaker is working on a new 3D animation project that should be released 2021

Philip Page, a former N.C. A&T professor, created the two-dimensional, five-minute animated short film, Genesis.

Genesis

He used alumni from the university to highlight what he says is film is based on “Black girl magic.”

Character creation

“It's a creation story loosely based on the book of Genesis," Page says. "And pretty much it depicts God as a Black woman.”

Page won four awards for the project, one of which includes "Best Overall Short Film" at the Raleigh Film and Art Festival.