KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Actress, Television Personality & Producer; Entrepreneur & Founder, Anser & 4u; Cooking & Lifestyle Influencer; Women's Health Advocate

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

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

Actress, Author, Advocate

Actress, Producer & Chief Executive Officer at PATTERN

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"

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

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

NAACP Award-Winning Actress & Producer Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

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

Yale Drama Graduate, Tony Nominee, Emmy Award Winner

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

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

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