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"

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.

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

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

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 Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

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

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

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

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director