KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

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

Tony Award-winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

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

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

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

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

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

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Emmy-winning Writer, Producer, Advocate for Queer & BIPOC Voices

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"

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

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