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and three set for construction. you re watching bbc news. now, it is time for women in hollywood. a warm welcome. i have come to hollywood to the women in film 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 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. welcome. thank you, it s great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected copresident of the producers guild of america the first woman of colour to hold the position. stefanie served nine years as vice president of women in film and runs her own company, homegro ....
which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago. the restoration is expected to be finished on schedule. those are your headlines. you re watching bbc news. now it s women in hollywood: the producers. a warm welcome. i have come to hollywood to the women in film headquarters, where i m 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 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. welcome. thank you, it s great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected copresident of the producers guild of america the first ....
Example, i think. i think so too. in 2015 the #oscarssowhite campaign highlighted the lack of diversity in hollywood and you produced one of the most diverse awards ceremonies in 2020, so that s a completely different muscle you re using there. how was that for you? that was the most fun in my career. it was the combination of live theatre and what we do, but there were no take twos, nothing like that. there was one rehearsal. there was one rehearsal for that whole show. it was really important to us that it be diverse and inclusive. there was a lot of pushback, i ll be honest. even for someone as amazing asjanelle monae, who opened the show, it was a struggle. it was a struggle to make that happen, you know what i mean? but we persevered and i m ....
And television and streaming is a really good example, i think. i think so too. in 2015, the #oscarssowhite campaign highlighted the lack of diversity in hollywood and you produced one of the most diverse awards ceremonies in 2020, so that s a completely different muscle you re using there. how was that for you? it was the most fun of my career. it was the combination of live theatre and what we do, but there were no take twos, nothing like that. there was one rehearsal. there was one rehearsal for that whole show. it was really important to us that it be diverse and inclusive. there was a lot of pushback, i ll be honest. even for someone as amazing asjanelle monae, who opened the show, it was a struggle. it was a struggle to make that happen, you know what i mean? but we persevered and i m ....