Beyond The Frame: Women and BIPOC Storytellers - Sundance 2026

Join us for this timely, future-facing discussion on what it means to create in a year when representation has sharply declined. More than 90% of streaming shows were created by white showrunners, women directed just 8% of the top-grossing films, and DEI efforts across the industry have been actively rolled back. At the same time, new research shows environmental and real-world issues are disappearing from mainstream film.

We’re bringing together women and BIPOC creatives whose work embodies humanity, responsibility, and community-rooted care. These values are reshaping storytelling in a moment when the entertainment industry is backsliding on decades of progress.

With: Brittany Bell Surratt

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Heretic Films