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Deets: Prime Video today announced VOICES: Women Innovating Hollywood, a two-hour virtual event uplifting the voices of women in entertainment, both in front of and behind the camera, in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event will include group panels, a lightning talk, a special recap sizzle of Lizzo and the Big Grrrls taking SXSW by storm, and a fireside chat featuring media personality Gia Peppers and creator and showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett (With Love, One Day at a Time).
The virtual event will be accessible to all on Amazon Live and Prime Video’s YouTube channel on Friday, March 25 at 1 p.m. PDT.
This is the seventh installment from Amazon Studio’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team, which explores the history and data of inequities in Hollywood, and ways we can change exclusionary narratives and amplify talent. With each event, VOICES continues to inspect and explore new and important topics that affect all of us, having previously explored VOICES events centering Asian and Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, Latine, Black, Indigenous, and the neurodivergent communities.
Friday, March 25 Lineup (All times PDT):
1:00 p.m. | Live Welcome Remarks
Speaker: The cast of Harlem
Speakers: Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai
1:05 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Innovating Below the Line
Speakers: Pamela Buzick Kim (Executive Director, Free the Work), Bree Frank (President & Founder, HUE You Know / SVP of Production - Unscripted, Hello Sunshine), Jeanette Volturno (Co-Founder/COO, Crewvie)
Moderator: Elaine Low (Insider)
1:35 p.m. | Lightning Talk: Women in Hollywood Data: Academia
Speakers: Dr. Katherine Pieper (Program Director, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative), Al-Baab Khan (Project Specialist, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative)
1:55 p.m. | Fireside Chat with Gloria Calderón Kellett (Showrunner, With Love, One Day at a Time)
Moderator: Gia Peppers (Black Girl Podcast)
2:25 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Leading in a Women Dominant Field: Casting Directors
Speakers: Angelique Midthunder (Casting Director), Carla Hool (Casting Director)
Moderator: Tatiana Siegel (Rolling Stone)
2:45 p.m. | Entertainment and Closing: A Special Recap Sizzle of Lizzo and the Big Grrrls taking SXSW by Storm
Who You May Spot: Participants include:
Al-Baab Khan (Project Specialist, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative)
Angelique Midthunder (Casting Director)
Bree Frank (President & Founder, Hue You Know / SVP of Production - Unscripted, Hello Sunshine)
Carla Hool (Casting Director)
Dr. Katherine Pieper (Program Director, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative)
Elaine Low (Senior Entertainment Business Reporter, Insider)
Gloria Calderón Kellett (Showrunner, With Love, One Day at a Time)
Gia Peppers (Black Girl Podcast)
Jeanette Volturno (Co-Founder/COO, Crewvie)
Jerrie Johnson (Harlem)
Lizzo and the Big Grrrls
Pamala Buzick Kim (Executive Director, FREE THE WORK)
Shoniqua Shandai (Harlem)
Tatiana Siegel (Senior Writer, Rolling Stone)
Hint for the Average Socialite: Join VOICES: Women Innovating Hollywood online HERE.
The virtual event will be accessible to all on Amazon Live and Prime Video’s YouTube channel on Friday, March 25 at 1 p.m. PDT.
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