Starz President Kathryn Busby chats with THR on the carpet for the Raising Our Voices event and talks about receiving the THR Trailblazer Award. Plus, she reveals how embracing equity, inclusion, diversity and accessibility makes the content coming out of Hollywood better.
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00:00Congratulations, you're being honored with the THR Trailblazer Award here today.
00:05What does receiving this honor mean to you?
00:08Well, honestly, it's an honor for STARS, and I'm honored to accept it on behalf of STARS.
00:14It means everything.
00:16So much of what we do through Take the Lead is just about underrepresented voices and women
00:24and just making sure that we get to tell our stories.
00:27So this is just what we do on a daily basis, in front of, behind the camera, in the writer's room.
00:33It's what we do because it's the right thing to do, and we think our stories are better as a result of it.
00:39But we don't expect people to give us awards, so that's just icing on the cake.
00:43But if it's shining a light on what needs to be done and how we need to be better at storytelling
00:50and need to tell everyone's stories, we're thrilled.
00:54This event is all about equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in Hollywood.
00:59Can you talk a little bit more about how embracing those principles
01:02makes the content coming out of Hollywood just better?
01:05Well, if you can see it, you can be it.
01:09And so if you live in this world, no matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like,
01:15you want to see yourself represented.
01:18And so if we can give that platform and make those shows,
01:22honestly, we feel like we're making the world a better place.
01:25And it's so important, and it's what makes working at STAR so wonderful.
01:30And what's your message to other executives when it comes to why they should be championing diversity?
01:35Well, it's the right thing to do. It's the artistic thing to do.
01:41You are going to have better programming. More inclusion is just better for everyone.
01:46So to us, it's kind of a no-brainer.
01:50And that's just been STAR's, and that's how we do it,
01:53and we're really grateful for being able to do it.