KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

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

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

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

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" & "House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

American Actress; Founder of Color Farm Media; Thought Leader on Racial & Gender Equity

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

Academy Award-Winning Director & Artist, Known for "12 Years a Slave" & "Widows"

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Film Director & Producer Known for "Ride Along," "Tom & Jerry" & "The Blackening"; Co-Founder, The Story Company

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

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

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Legendary Movie Producer, Emmy Nominee, & Storyteller; Founder of Will Packer Productions