KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy-winning Writer, Producer, Advocate for Queer & BIPOC Voices

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Creator & Executive Producer of the Documentary "She Did That," Which Offers An In-Depth Look at Black Women Entrepreneurs

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Acclaimed Filmmaker, Emmy Award Winner, MacArthur Fellow

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Critically Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios; Philanthropist & Founder, Perry Foundation