KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Actress, Youngest Hollywood EP, NAACP Award Winner

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

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

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

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

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 & Director

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

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 Actress, Political Activist, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach