keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for 11ears 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 woman of colour to hold the position. stefanie served nine years as vice president in women in film and 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. keri, you were set in a korean theatre, but there was a plot twist when hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. that was a very early plot twisted in my career. i was coming out of college and i was going to go work in a theatre, and i had a a friend who was working at hbo, which at that time was a very start—up network, a long time ago... pretty start—up ne