KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Oscar Winning Writer, ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Crime’

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

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

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Screenwriter, Film Director & Producer; Best Known for "The Rookie" and "The Blind Side"

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

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

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

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

Award-Winning Actor

Kelly Oxford is a Canadian author, screenwriter, social media blogger and microblogger, and stay-at-home mom.

Film Director and Screenwriter; Best Known for "Wicked," "In The Heights" & "Crazy Rich Asians"

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

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

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

American animator, screenwriter and producer

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

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

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