KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

American Actor; Known for "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" and "Messiah"

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

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

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

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

Actor & Producer

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

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director