KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Comedian, Playwright, Writer & Director; Best Known for Amazon's "Transparent"

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

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

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

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

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

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

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

Academy-Award Winning Actor, Known for "Get Out," "Black Panther" & "Judas and the Black Messiah"

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

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

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

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

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

Emmy-Nominated Actress Best Known for "Mad Men" & "Handmaid's Tale"

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

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

Actor, Producer & Voice Actor; Social Activist: Author of "An American Story: A Memoir"

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

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