KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter, Director & Actor

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

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Actor, Screenwriter & Producer; Co-Founder of Water.org; Expert Advocate on Global Water & Sanitation Crisis

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" & "House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Actor; Best Known for "Moonlight" and "The Retrieval"

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

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

Award-Winning Filmmaker & MacArthur Fellow

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

Academy Award-nominated British Actor; Known for Critically Acclaimed Films "The Talented Mr. Ripley" & "Sherlock Holmes"

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

Actor, Comedian, & Writer at "Saturday Night Live" & "Weekend Update" Co-Anchor; Host, "Pop Culture Jeopardy"