THE OBENSON REPORT

Episode 28 - The Obenson Report on Black Film / Cinema
Sponsored in part by ActNow Foundation

Recorded Monday, December 10, 2007, 9PM
TRT 60 Minutes

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

- A brief preview of shows scheduled for early 2008 - actor/actress showcase, black filmmaker showcase, special guests/co-hosts, and more.
- Wrapping up the year, 3 more episodes to go in 2007. Planning a "year in review" show.
- Tambay's 34th birthday is in 3 weeks, the 28th of December, and announces his next feature film production.
- My review of Spike Lee's 2000 satire, BAMBOOZLED.
- An extensive breakdown of the "Capable Tenth Black Film Collective" Studio idea - non-profit VS for-profit; how exactly will it work? ACT NOW and CONTRIBUTE. Go to www.capabletenth.com to learn more, or contact me with questions/comments/suggestions!

Got something to say? Call the show's voicemail hotline at 1-800-765-7249 and leave a message there, and I might play your message on the show. OR, email me you comments at talk@obensonreport.com; or go to http://www.obensonreport.com/ and leave your comments.

Tambay A Obenson
tao@tambayobenson.com
www.capabletenth.com
www.obensonresport.com

Episode 27 - The Obenson Report on Black Film / Cinema
Sponsored in part by ActNow Foundation

Recorded Monday, December 3, 2007, 9PM
TRT 60 Minutes

TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Tambay revisited his "Capable Tenth" funded black owned and operated film studio idea, detailing how we (black people) can realize real film industry independence. Listen to learn how YOU can help, and please join in the discussion!
- The "Capable Tenth" funded black film studio. Please ACT NOW and CONTRIBUTE WHATEVER YOU CAN. Go to www.capabletenth.com to learn more.

Got something to say? Call the show's voicemail hotline at 1-800-765-7249 and leave a message there, and I might play your message on the show. OR, email me you comments at talk@obensonreport.com; or go to http://www.obensonreport.com/ and leave your comments.

Tambay A Obenson
tao@tambayobenson.com
www.capabletenth.com
www.obensonresport.com

Episode 24 - The Obenson Report on Black Film / Cinema
Sponsored in part by ActNow Foundation

Recorded Monday, November 12, 2007, 9PM
TRT 60 Minutes

TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Movie club selection for the week BROTHER TO BROTHER - listen to find out the rules.
- An extensive review of the Malian film masterpiece YEELEN.
- Creating alternate channels of film distribution for black cinema.
- Revisiting "collective/movement power," and the "capable tenth" funded black film studio.

Email me you comments at talk@obensonreport.com; or go to http://www.obensonreport.com/ and leave your comments.

FILMS MENTIONED

TAO

PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS

EPISODE 21 - THE OBENSON REPORT PODCAST on Black Film / Black Cinema
Sponsored In Part by Act Now Foundation
Check out THE MAN WHO COULDN'T - the award-winning feature film from writer/director Brandon Wilson, now available at AMAZON.COM.

RECORDED MONDAY, OCTOBER 22TH 2007
TRT 60 MINUTES

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

- Writer/Director of THE MAN WHO COULDN'T, Brandon Wilson, joined me in giving our picks for the Top 5 films we've each seen so far this year, October 2007, going into the fall/winter award season.
- REMINDER: Capable Tenth Black Filmmaker Fund… have you made your contribution yet? See NOTE below for details…

Click on this link, LISTEN NOW, and you will be taken directly to the listening page. You can also find me on iTunes on your computer (search for "Obenson Report") in the podcast store section. Or go to www.obensonreport.com.

NOTE: The "Capable Tenth" black film fund. We've created it; now it's time for you to act accordingly! To make your contribution/donation, send your checks or money orders, payable to "ActNow Foundation Film Account," to ActNow Foundation, 138 South Oxford Street, Suite 1C, Brooklyn NY 11217. ActNow is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Listen to my "Capable Tenth" podcast to catch up if you don't know what I'm referring to.

To listen to any of my past greatest hits, go to www.obensonreport.com and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header. There's some really good stuff there.

LINKS MENTIONED: Brandon Wilson's website - www.geniusbastard.com - for news, top 10 lists from yesteryear, and more...

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
www.tambayobenson.com

PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS

EPISODE 19 - THE OBENSON REPORT PODCAST on Black Film / Black Cinema
Sponsored In Part by Act Now Foundation

RECORDED MONDAY, OCTOBER 8TH 2007
TRT 60 MINUTES

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

- Another light day at the office (busy, busy, busy with much on my plate - just call me by my middle name, Amadioha, Igbo for “God of Thunder”); Who's going to the ABFF? Let me know and I’ll “hook you up”; Kudos to BETJ (find out why); Tambay is actually reading, but "suffering" for it; saw 3 films over the weekend - BANISHED (thumbs up), MICHAEL CLAYTON (thumbs sideways), THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (thumbs sideways); Question of the week: What was the last film you saw that generated some genuine emotion in you and stayed with you long after you saw it?; "Why Did I Get Married"; Biopics on Sammy Davis Jr (Andre 3000), Afeni Shakur and Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman); $300 contributed so far to the Capable Tenth Black Filmmaker Fund… have you made your donation yet? See below for details…

Click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page.You can also find me on iTunes on your computer (search for "Obenson Report") in the podcast store section. Or go to www.obensonreport.com.

NOTE:The "Capable Tenth" black film fund. We've created it; now it's time for you to act accordingly! To make your contribution/donation, send your checks or money orders, payable to “ActNow Foundation Film Account,” to ActNow Foundation, 138 South Oxford Street, Suite 1C, Brooklyn NY 11217. ActNow is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Listen to my "Capable Tenth" podcast HERE to catch up if you don’t know what I’m referring to.

To listen to any of my past greatest hits, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header. There's some really good stuff there.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
www.tambayobenson.com

RECORDED MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST 2007
TRT 60 MINUTES

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

Simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page.

The "Capable Tenth" black film fund. We've created it; now it's time for you to act accordingly! To make your contribution/donation, send your checks or money orders, payable to “ActNow Foundation Film Account,”
to ActNow Foundation, 138 South Oxford Street, Suite 1C, Brooklyn NY 11217. ActNow is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Listen to my "Capable Tenth" podcast HERE to catch up if you don’t know what I’m referring to.

To listen to any of my past greatest hits, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/ and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header. There's some really good stuff there.

You can also open up iTunes on your computer and search for "Obenson Report" in the podcast store section.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
www.tambayobenson.com

RECORDED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2007
TRT 60 MINUTES

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

Simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page.

To listen to any of my past greatest hits, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/31034 and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header. There's some really good stuff there.

You can also open up iTunes on your computer and search for "Obenson Report" in the podcast store section.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
http://www.obensonresport.com/
http://www.tambayobenson.com/

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:
1. TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tambay launches a new festival, the New York Black Film Festival... and creates a $2000 annual fund to finance short films, starting in 2008.
2. Protests outside of BET CEO's Washington, DC home.
3. ANF Thursday night screening recap. A "Black Night In London!"
4. Also movement/collective power - 2 simple things YOU can do.
5. Lastly the "Capable Tenth" redux. Where do we stand?

ARE YOU IN? I am!

To Listen, simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page.

To listen to any of my past greatest hits, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/31034 and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header. There's some really good stuff there. You can also open up iTunes on your computer and search for Obenson Report in the podcast store section.

Links referenced in podcast - The Invisible Cinema Blogspot, Low Budget TV, The Enough Is Enough Campaign.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
www.tambayobenson.com

EPISODE 11 - The Obenson Report
Sponsored In Part By Act Now Foundation

THE OBENSON REPORT PODCAST on Black Cinema / Black Film @ BLOGTALKRADIO.COM
RECORDED MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2007

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

- Mailbag: Lots and lots and lots of feedback from listeners accumulated over the last 3 weeks. I read and respond to them this time! So I just might have read and respond to yours! Listen to find out.
- The reasons for my "existential crisis" 2 weeks ago... really! Trying to make sense of it all.
- Revisiting the "Capable Tenth," as well as the Black Film Movement/Collective. Where do YOU stand? What can we learn from The Borg; is resistance indeed futile?

ARE YOU IN? I am!

Simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page.

To listen to previous episodes, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/31034 and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header.

You can also open up iTunes on your computer and search for Obenson Report in the podcast store section.

As always, listener comments are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
www.tambayobenson.com

THE OBENSON REPORT PODCAST @ BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/TALKSHOE.COM
RECORDED MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2007

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS COVERED:

A light day on The Obenson Report... took it easy today :o)

- News & Notes: A few industry news items worth mentioning and commenting on- 50 Cent, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Chris Tucker and the "Capable Tenth;" my upcoming "new look" in the works; IFC is "Trapped in the Closet," unfortunately; need recommendations for "revolution," or "movement" films.
- Shirley Bruno joined me in reviewing VISAGES DE FEMMES (Faces Of Women), Ivory Coast, 1987. Lovely Cinema Verite... Thumbs up!
- Answered a few listener questions.

Simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page. OR EVEN BETTER search for it and download via the iTunes store.

To listen to archived episodes, go to http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/31034 and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header.

As always, listener comments are appreciated.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
www.obensonresport.com
http://www.tambayobenson.com/

THE OBENSON REPORT PODCAST
RECORDED, MONDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2007 @ TALKSHOE.COM

Hosted by Tambay A Obenson

TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED:

- The notion of creating a contemporary black film movement - how do you define or establish a film movement? When does a movement become a movement? Does a movement end? My thoughts on the notion, as well as other ruminations on past and present movements, and what we can learn from them.
- My supposed *radical* ideas for building a black owned & operated film financing, production and distribution Studio. We've done it before... we can do it again! My notion of a "Capable Tenth," loosely borrowing from DuBois's Talented Tenth ideology, as well as my "It Takes A Village" project suggestion.

ARE YOU IN? I AM!

Simply click on this link, THE OBENSON REPORT, and you will be taken directly to the listening page; or go to http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/31034 and scroll down to the PAST EPISODES header.

As always, listener comments are greatly appreciated.

You can listen to past episodes HERE.

Thanks!

Tambay A Obenson
http://www.tambayobenson.com/