Recorded over six years, Raising Bertie delivers an authentic and tender portrait of the lives of three young boys as they face a precarious coming of age within Bertie County, a rural African-American community in North Carolina.
A co-production of Kartemquin Films and Beti Films. The film is funded in part by the MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation. Broadcast premiere was on PBS POV in 2017
Director: Margaret Byrne
DP | Producer: Jon Stuyvesant
Producer: Ian Kibbe
Editor: Leslie Simmer
Recorded over six years, Raising Bertie delivers an authentic and tender portrait of the lives of three young boys as they face a precarious coming of age within Bertie County, a rural African-American community in North Carolina. This raw and starkly poetic vérité documentary weaves the young men’s stories together as the boys navigate school, unemployment, violence, first love, fatherhood, and estrangement from family members and mentors, all while trying to define their identities. Intimate access depicts an honest portrayal of the boys' perspectives and an in-depth look at issues facing rural America's youth and what happens in the everyday lives of young people caught in the complex interplay of generational poverty, economic isolation and educational inequity. Raising Bertie is an experience that asks us to see this world through their eyes and incites recognition and empathetic understanding of lives and communities too often ignored.
A co-production of Kartemquin Films and Beti Films. The film is funded in part by the MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation.
A true story about 3 dogs, 2 friends, and law & order.
The first story for StuyStack
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🐶 -- @bearlysmiling and @kiriandwaffle
Friend: @NicePassProductions
Music 🎶 compliments of -- @AriesBeats many thanks 🙏
A short documentary for the new memoir The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine.
In bookstores May 2018.
For more info: www.tessafontaine.com/
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Director/DP/Editor - Jon Stuyvesant
Second Camera - Jeff Johnson
Gaffer - Nat Aguilar
Sound Mix - Michael Bergman
Production Assistant - Elijah Crocker
Hodinkee.com “Three on Three” online series about watches.
Director: David Aujero
Director of Photography: Jon Stuyvesant
🎤 blicky_bobbyBrooklyn NY at Rabbit Hole BK first show of Unalive from Brooklyn 2025
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
Second Camera: Johnny Rodriguez
A short animation inspired by the amazing paper dolls created by Katherine Allen and the stories friends told me.
Storytellers:
Jen Davis
Ben Moskowitz
Evie Collette
Violet Ogbah
Fabian Beltran
Director | DP | Editor | Painter: Jon Stuyvesant
Established in 1980 and proudly handcrafted in the city of Big Shoulders -- Chicago. Watch Responsibly.
COS 🎥 - @jonstuyvesant
Chief Logo Officer 🎨 - @peabe - IG -www.bryanodiamar.com
Music 🎶 compliments of - @AriesBeats many thanks 🙏
Fresh Daily in Brooklyn promoting his new album Quiet Life 2
🎤Fresh Daily Spotify
Fresh Daily Art
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
The #ChicagoPeacePin project is meant to bring awareness to the violence affecting communities in the Chicagoland area. All the profits from the sale of the #ChicagoPeacePin went to organizations focused on helping communities affected by the gun violence.
It was a collaboration with the following beautiful people:
Bryan Odiamar aka Peabe
Jamielyn Costes
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
(I Might Not Be) Cut Out for Honky Tonkin’ – Live at @skinnydennis | @crystalcrysforshort
• Vocals – @crystalcrysforshort
• Fiddle - @dragoniish
• Bass – @pjduffymusic
• Pedal Steel – @thewerb
• Drums – @rayzorraygram
Crew:
• Directed, Shot & Edited – Jon Stuyvesant
• Second Camera – @johnnyrodriguez
• Sound Mix – #MichaelBergman
• Color Grade – Daniel Farmer https://katfarmproductions.com/farmer
• Graphic Titles – @peabe
(I Might Not Be) Cut Out for Honky Tonkin’ – Live at @skinnydennis | @crystalcrysforshort
🎙️ Performed live on March 26, 2025 📍 Skinny Dennis, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Band:
• Vocals – @crystalcrysforshort
• Fiddle - @dragoniish
• Bass – @pjduffymusic
• Pedal Steel – @thewerb
• Drums – @rayzorraygram
Crew:
• Directed, Shot & Edited – Jon Stuyvesant
• Second Camera – @johnnyrodriguez
• Sound Mix – #MichaelBergman
• Color Grade – Daniel Farmer https://katfarmproductions.com/farmer
• Graphic Titles – @peabe