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Executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures. she served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo and is also the co—founder of reframe. welcome. thank you, its great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected co—president of the producers guild of america — the first woman of colour to hold the position. stephanie served nin...

Decisions are still very homogenous group of people who look at the business side. there are exceptions, but they look at the business side as, what are we going to make back, what are the international sales going to be, what is the box office going to be? they set their budgets around that. so, the money follows stories that look like what has succeeded before, so if things are coming from a different perspective, there is no comp. they cant look it up. we used to call it the fiscal cliff. wom...

Opportunities like the one stefanie described but i think a mindset of abundance immediately provides more opportunity for people than one of constriction, and unfortunately, what were seeing in the side of the business... is seeing in the side of the business. . ._ seeing in the side of the business... seeing in the side of the i business. . ._ is seeing in the side of the - business. . ._ is a business... is a scarcity. is a scarcity- _ business... is a scarcity. is a scarcity. because _ busin...

The tools to understand that there — the tools to understand that there were movies and directors and producers, but i love stories. _ and producers, but i love stories. i_ and producers, but i love stories, i went to school for story, — stories, i went to school for story, for— stories, i went to school for story, for english, and then i -ot story, for english, and then i got pregnant, right after college, and i had this baby and — college, and i had this baby and i— college, and i ha...

In 2017,2016,17,which coincided with the movements, the social movements around the world, that also came to hollywood and included the organisation that we are part of, reframe, these movements led to an opening of things, and we actually saw 150% growth in female directing those top box office movies, and a small growth in women of colour as well, not proportional unfortunately, but still growth. is another numbers in 2019 the numbers went from 4% to 12%. since 2019 it has flatlined, no progre...

Think that feeling of, obviously equity is important across all industries but i think when you are talking about culture and you are talking about storytelling and what stories we value and what reflects us, young people either see themselves or they dont, and i think, talking about what we each might have thought were possible for jobs or possible for ourselves, i think it is such an important part of this industry, it is one of the reasons i love it. hollywood comedy industry, is one of the l...

Full stop _ i feel it is just a lack of opportunity for people that look like me. ifeel like it isjust a lack of diversity in general because obviously there is nobody in the sport that night there has only ever been a few asian drivers, whether night is merely a white mans sport. —— so it is mainly about mans sport. back then, seeing another driver of colour was very rare. seeing someone else of the same race, _ seeing someone else of the same race, that — seeing someone else of the same ...

Headquarters where i am joined by keri putnam and stephanie allain, two women who are working to reshape the industry. they are both part of an initiative founded and led by women in film and the sundance institute called reframe, the aim is to advance gender equity. keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for ii the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for 11 years of the sea year of the sundance institute which runs the sundance fil...

That simple. there are not many --eole that simple. there are not many people who _ that simple. there are not many people who look _ that simple. there are not many people who look like _ that simple. there are not many people who look like means - that simple. there are not many people who look like means but| people who look like means but thats not his colour. even some races, i was disqualified for being too quick. they accuse me of cheating. they checked the kart, checked everything, every...

Getting access to money, being able to build careers, because it is not perceived that certain stories that are by and about women are as valued. band about women are as valued. and then answer— about women are as valued. and then answer stories about black women — then answer stories about black women... as then answer stories about black women... �* . then answer stories about black women- - -_ women... as i said, it is very intersectional. _ women... as i said, it is very intersectional...