KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, Actor, TV Director, Award-Winning Dancer & Broadway Star

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

Actress, Youngest Hollywood EP, NAACP Award Winner

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

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

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

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

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

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

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

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Emmy-nominated Host, Actor, Comedian, Voice Artist, Author

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

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Philanthropist & Producer; Known for "The Last of Us," "A Wrinkle in Time" & "Euphoria"

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

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

Tony Award-winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star