A scene from 'Relative Obscurity' >>> It’s not that often a homework assignment turns into a feature film, but if you raise the curtain on filmmaker Jeff Rosenberg’s Relative Obscurity , that's what you'll discover. Rosenberg was sitting in class at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, when his international theater professor, Dr. Esiaba Irobi, shared with the class a quote from author and essayist Franz Fanon: "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover it’s mission, betray it, or fulfill it. Dr. Irobi then asked the class to respond to the quote in written words – essay, poem, whatever struck their heart. “I wrote a 100-page screenplay,” says Rosenberg. From that screenplay, Rosenberg, a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, set about turning words into pictures. The writer enlisted friends and business associates, including John Swartz, producer, Devin Doyle, director of photography, and editor Spencer Houck. Together they founded Par-T-Com Prod
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