keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures.ved 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's also the co-founder of reframe. keri, welcome. keri: thank you, it's great to be here. kim: stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected co-president of the producers guild of america, the first woman of color to hold that position. stephanie served nine years as vice president of women in film. she runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of color. keri and stephanie, welcome to you both. stephanie: yeah, happy to be here. keri: thank you. kim: now, keri, you were set on a career in theater, but there was a plot twist and hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. keri: well, that was a very early plot twist in my career. i, um, i was coming out of college and i was gonna go work at a theater, um, and i had a friend who wa