ending child marriage. we ve been invited to their first field trip together, and they ve come to ludzi secondary school in malawi. when i was your age, there were people in my community that didn t think a girl like me, who didn t have money or wealth or connections, could do the things that i did. i even had my second form teacher tell me that i shouldn t apply to the colleges i applied to because she didn t think i could get in. so i ignored her and i applied to princeton. i got in and i went to law school and became a lawyer. and i ve worked at a university, i ve run an ngo, i ve done all sorts of things. so i know that there are so many girls like all of us all over the world where people are underestimating them. they re telling us what we can t do. and i refuse. you know, i see my daughters in those girls. you know, we tend to think that poverty and people who are disadvantaged, it looks like a certain. ..it has a certain look. it s a corrugated roof. it s a mud hut. i
reframe, whose aim is to advance gender equity. keri putnam is a film 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. she is also the co founder of reframe. welcome. thank you, it s 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 nine years as vice president in women in film. she runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. keri and stephanie, welcome to you both. happy to be here. now, keri, you were set on a career in theatre, but there was a plot twist when hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. well, that was a very early plot twist in my career. i was coming o
the floor every day. # these are dangerous days. # to say what you feel is to dig your own grave. fight the real enemy. people say it derailed my career. but i think it re railed my career, because i didn t want to be a pop star. # so happy christmas. # i love you, baby. # i can see..#. it s true i m out of it most of the time, but i can write songs when i m out of it. in fact, it s easier for me. # ..singing galway bay. # and the bells are ringing out for christmas day. #je t aime. #je t aime, oui, je t aime. the vatican and the bbc banned it just because of the heavy breathing without realising the beauty of serge s text, which was i love you, nor do i. # oui, je t aime. # moi non plus. wouldn t it be wonderful if there were no more goodbyes? you re wealthy, good looking, intelligent, charming. i should have known better than to get mixed up with someone like that. you re not making any sense. i don t have to make sense. i m italian. dramatic aria plays. lucy! i used to t
and so she didn t allow people to call me stupid or any of the words that lots of people had to deal with. i know i m talking a lot about my mum, but i. i was very blessed to have the woman that i had as a mother because she was just odd enough to recognise the oddity in her child. and that was kind of groovy. i read that you left school very early, before you were supposed to. yes. ..so how were you educated? i was educated all over the place. i made a deal because i couldn t take high school. i couldn t do it, it was really hard. and my mother said, listen, you cannot run in the streets, but what i will do with you is, we will together find the places where you can go, to the museums, you can go to a lecture. we will find these places together. and when i come from work and i say to you, what did you learn today? where did your mind go? , you have to tell me. and i was lucky enough because i. you need to show me things, i don t. i m not a great reader. you have to
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt