KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

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

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director Known for "Atlanta," "Community" & "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; Grammy Award-Winning Musician Formerly Known as Childish Gambino

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

Cultural Icon, Author, Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious," "Empire," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" & "The Deliverance"; Founder, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

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

Actor, Director & Producer; Known for "Lost" & "Hawaii Five-0"

Emmy, Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actor, Singer, Producer & Playwright

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

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

Tony Award-winning actor, Grammy-winning singer, Creator of "Blindspotting"

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

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

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"; Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative