The Obenson Report
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The Obenson Report is a weekly black film/black cinema podcast from New York hosted by Tambay A Obenson. Until June 2007, the show was called The Voyager On Demand Podcast but after the parent company, Voyager Film Company, was dissolved, Tambay opted to change the name. The Obenson Report is recorded live every Monday night from 9PM to 10PM EST, and can be heard on the web at BlogTalkRadio.com, a social radio network. Archived recordings can be found at ObensonReport.com.
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[edit] Host
Tambay A Obenson is a resident of Brooklyn, New York. He is the writer, director, producer and distributor of the feature film, Beautiful Things, which he also self-distributed under the Voyager Film Company banner, a company which now operates as Tambay A Obenson LLC. Tambay is also the distributor for The Man Who Couldn't, a feature length film written and directed by Brandon Wilson, a Los Angeles based filmmaker.
Tambay attended both Ohio State University, and City College of San Francisco, where he studied film. He was a semi-finalist for the Sundance Filmmaker Labs in 2004; and in 2006, he was accepted into the week long Berlinale Talent Campus, which takes place in conjunction with the Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlin, Germany. Also in 2006, Tambay was invited to be a panelist at the Independent Black Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, and was later a featured guest speaker on an Air America Radio show called On The Real, hosted by former Public Enemy front man, Chuck D.
In 2007, Tambay wrote an op-ed article for NPR (National Public Radio) titled, A Call For An Autonomous Black-Owned And Operated Film Studio.
Beginning in the summer of 2008, Tambay will launch a new film festival in New York city, the New York Black Film Festival.
[edit] Show format and topics
With its focus on cinema of the African Diaspora, the program takes a more academic approach to its subject, without rigid structuring. Each recording varies in terms of style, but the substance remains constant, from extensive, analytical reviews of films showcasing the experiences of black people all over the world (mainstream and independent, both past and present), special guests (black filmmakers, actors, actresses), top 10 lists, coverage of related events, such as film festivals, and other screening events.
[edit] Music
During breaks in the show, The Obenson Report features music from mostly independent artists across the world.
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