KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

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

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Cultural Icon, Author, Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

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

Actor, Director & Producer; Known for "Lost" & "Hawaii Five-0"

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Critically Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

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