Banff World Media Festival's video: Women of Power 2020: Driving Transformative Change

BANFF Virtual Edition's Women of Power panel features Actress and Emmy-winning Producer Niecy Nash, CEO of EbonyLife TV Mo Abudu, and EVP Movies, Limited Series & Original Series Acquisitions at Lifetime & LMN Tanya Lopez. Presented in partnership with A+E Networks and Corus Entertainment, and moderated by The Hollywood Reporter's Inkoo Kang, this session recognizes the leadership of the talented and imaginative women who are reshaping the international screen industry. 0:00 - Messages and introductions from Ellen Lovejoy, A+E, and Jenn Kuzmyk, BANFF 6:15 - Panelist origin stories 10:15 - Niecy Nash starts the conversation about this moment in time, and how we have been here before 16:05 - Mo Abudu speaks about the original storytellers coming from Africa, her Sony and Netflix partnerships 18:45 - Mo Abudu emphasizes that there is more to Black stories than Black trauma 23:00 - Tanya Lopez talks change needing to happen, that women are done shadowing and it's time to give them the jobs and prop them up 25:43 - Niecy Nash talks about leading the charge in her career to change the fabric and culture to be more inclusive 28:20 - Mo Abudu talks about making African stories go global 31:00 - The panelists plan a trip to Africa! (Post COVID of course!)