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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Legacy of Chicago Mayors and Filmmaking with Raymond Lambert

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by producer and filmmaker Raymond Lambert to discuss the film ‘Punch 9 for Harold Washington’ (2:13), the influence of Harold Washington on Barack Obama’s career (8:45), and the path to getting documentary films financed and made (13:15). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Raymond Lambert Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:18.0

Today we have with us Raymond Lambert.

0:21.0

We're gonna have a good show today.

0:22.0

Somebody who we have seen a lot of and

0:26.3

will be able to dissect that and talk about what's happening now and in the future.

0:30.2

What's going on my brother?

0:31.2

How are you?

0:32.2

I'm good man. Happy to be here.

0:33.4

What you got on your face? Talk to me about those frames. Those things are fire right there, man.

0:38.2

Thank you sir. Yeah, I'll tell you after the show.

0:43.0

Oh, but fair enough, fair enough.

0:46.0

We start each one of our shows by having our guests walk us through the arc of their careers,

0:50.0

and you've done a little bit of everything, entrepreneurship, filmmaking, writing books, you name it.

0:55.0

Talk to us about your career arc and what is it about filmmaking that keeps you engaged?

1:00.3

Sure. So as you can see, obviously coming out of Morehouse, I think I had corporate, a life of corporate in my future at least I had hope so and I always say like I have not had a career I've had like a series of jobs so I've been fortunate enough to

1:20.8

find things that were interesting and able to pursue them.

1:24.3

So it's been this crazy art that, but at the root of it all,

1:29.0

I think it's storytelling.

1:30.6

So when I was involved in comedy, it was about, you know, providing this opportunity for folks to tell a story.

1:36.0

And writing, obviously, that's about storytelling.

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