Lizzo’s SXSW Performance to Stream as Part of Prime Video Women’s History Month Event

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Wilson Chapman editorPrime Video has announced “Voices: Women Innovating Hollywood,” a special virtual event celebrating Women’s History Month.The conference will feature panels and programming centering women in the entertainment industry, from prominent actors to behind-the-scenes talent.

The event will open with a special introduction from Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai, who star in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem.”Events that take place throughout the day will include a discussion with “One Day at a Time” and “With Love” showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, a panel with prominent casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Carla Hool and a talk from Dr.

Katherine Pieper and Al-Baab Khan from University of Southern California. The event will close with a special recap of Lizzo’s recent performance at the South by Southwest festival, featuring her backup dancers the Big Grrrls. “We’re excited to bring these women together, from various parts of the entertainment industry, to have frank and intentional conversations about the business we’re in and the work we do not only to entertain, but inevitably to represent people, culture, and life,” said Latasha Gillespie, head of Global DEI at Amazon Studios, Prime Video, and IMDb in a statement. “Data shows that women, particularly women of color, are often left out of the ‘diversity conversation’ as other underrepresented groups tend to over-index.