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Celebrating Women’s History Month:
EXPLORING GLOBAL PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTENT FOR WOMEN

March 16, 2022 | WEDNESDAY | 1PM PT | 4PM ET

STARZ President, International Networks Superna Kalle and international thought-leaders discuss the importance of women shaping global content and the economic ramifications of under-representation.

PANELISTS

Emiliana Guereca

Founder and Executive Director

Women’s March Foundation

Superna Kalle

President, International Networks

STARZ

Abbe Land

Executive Director

LA County Women and Girls Initiative

Michelle Milford Morse

Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy

United Nations Foundation

Mira Sorvino

Actress, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador

Shining Vale

MODERATED BY

Princess Sarah Culberson

Princess of Sierra Leone, Humanitarian & Author

Sierra Leone Rising

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Superna Kalle

President, International Networks
STARZ

Superna Kalle is President of International Networks for STARZ.

Kalle reports directly to STARZ President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch and is based in the company’s Santa Monica office. Kalle leads the international expansion of STARZ-branded digital and linear services and channels, overseeing strategy and operations.

Most recently, Kalle was a senior advisor to several media companies guiding them on international SVOD strategy, digital operations, restructuring and global business development. Major clients included STARZ, Lionsgate and CBS/Showtime.

Kalle spent 16 years at Sony Pictures Television (SPT) where she served as Senior Vice President and GM, Networks. Based out of SPT’s headquarters in Culver City, CA., Kalle oversaw the company’s television networks portfolio and equity investments in the U.S. and Canada. For the U.S., she launched and served as general manager of the wholly-owned Sony networks, Sony Movie Channel, SPT’s first multi-platform television network; Cine Sony Television, SPT’s Spanish language movie network; and getTV, the Company’s first digital subchannel dedicated to classic programming. Kalle also served on the board of other popular cable and digital channels, including GSN (Game Show Network, LLC) and fearNET (a joint venture with Lionsgate and Comcast). In Canada, Kalle oversaw SPT’s partnership with Hollywood Suite, which carried the Sony Movie Channel brand.

Prior to her domestic role at Sony, she was promoted to Senior Vice President, International Networks in 2008 and held multiple Board positions at SPT’s television networks business in India, Japan and Pan-Asia. Prior to her promotion, she was SPT’s Vice President, International Networks since 2005. She joined SPT from parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), where she had served as Vice President, Corporate Development since 2004. She joined SPE as Manager, Corporate Development in 1999.

Among her honors and awards, Kalle has been recognized as one of Cablefax’s Most Powerful Women in Cable three times, and was named a Multichannel News/NAMIC Luminary for her accomplishments overseeing Sony Movie Channel.

Kalle holds a B.A. in Economics from Barnard College, Columbia University and an M.B.A. in management from Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.

Mira Sorvino

Actress, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
Shining Vale

Mira Sorvino is an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe® Award-winning actress. Upcoming she will star in the new Starz series, SHINING VALE, alongside Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear. The series follows a dysfunctional family as they move from the city to a small town in an attempt to rebuild after a cheating scandal. Mira plays “Rosemary,” who is described as the main character’s “alter ego, a split personality, her id, her muse, or a demon trying to possess her.”

Most recently, Mira can be seen as “Marcia Lewis” in the new Ryan Murphy FX series AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT, based on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal that came to light in 1998. She can also be seen in the Blue Fox Entertainment film BUTTER, an American drama (based on the novel of the same name) which explores themes of bullying, self-esteem, and family issues. Mira also recently starred in Netflix’s hit limited series, HOLLYWOOD, from producer Ryan Murphy, which follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood willing to do whatever it takes to pursue their dreams and survive. Mira portrays Golden Age leading lady ‘Jeanne Crandall.’ Though set in the 1940s, the series couldn’t be more relevant as it examines the unfair systems and biases across race, gender and sexuality of Hollywood’s Golden Age that continue to this day.

Sorvino also starred in Stuber, released by 20th Century Fox, returning to her comedy roots with a very funny supporting turn alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista. Her other credits include her Oscar® & Golden Globe®-winning performance in MIGHTY APHRODITE, plus QUIZ SHOW, her acclaimed recurring role MODERN FAMILY, START UP, SUMMER OF SAM, her Emmy®-nominated performance in NORMA JEAN AND MARILYN, Golden Globe®-nominated work HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RESERVATION ROAD, and the cult classic ROMY AND MICHELLE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION.

Mira focuses a lot of her time on her activism work as an official ambassador for the United Nations on Human Trafficking as well as a prominent voice in the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. In her role as an ambassador for the United Nations on Human Trafficking, she has testified to Congress on human trafficking and atrocities occurring around the world, from Mexico to Darfur to here in the United States. Mira graduated from Harvard University and currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.

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Celebrating Women’s History Month:
EXPLORING GLOBAL PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTENT FOR WOMEN

March 16, 2022 | WEDNESDAY | 1PM PT | 4PM ET

PANELISTS

Emiliana Guereca

Superna Kalle

Abbe Land

Michelle Milford Morse

Mira Sorvino

MODERATED BY

Princess Sarah Culberson

Emiliana Guereca

Superna Kalle

Abbe Land

ANNALEA ARNOLD

Michelle Milford Morse

Mira Sorvino

Princess Sarah Culberson

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Celebrating Women’s History Month:EXPLORING GLOBAL PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTENT FOR WOMEN

March 16, 2022 | WEDNESDAY | 1PM PT | 4PM ET

PANELISTS

Emiliana Guereca

Superna Kalle

Abbe Land

Michelle Milford Morse

Mira Sorvino

MODERATED BY

Princess Sarah Culberson

Emiliana Guereca

Superna Kalle

Abbe Land

ANNALEA ARNOLD

Michelle Milford Morse

Mira Sorvino

Princess Sarah Culberson

Celebrating Women’s History Month:
EXPLORING GLOBAL PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTENT FOR WOMEN