KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

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

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

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

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

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

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

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

Director, Writer & Producer Best Known for "The Matrix" Trilogy

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

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"

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

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

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation," "Agatha All Along" & "My Old Ass"

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

Oscar Winning Writer, ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Crime’

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton," "The Italian Job" & "The Fate of The Furious"

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"