KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

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

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

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

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

Actor, Writer & Comedian Known for "In Living Color," "My Wife and Kids" & "Poppa's House"

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

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

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

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

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

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

Yale Drama Graduate, Tony Nominee, Emmy Award Winner

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

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

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