KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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"

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

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

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

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

Academy Award Winner, Influential Actor, Diverse Role Performer

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

Actress, Youngest Hollywood EP, NAACP Award Winner

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

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

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