KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

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

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

Academy Award Nominated Director of The Square & Control Room

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

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "House of Cards;" First Muslim Actor To Win An Oscar

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

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

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

Producer & Filmmaker Known for "She Did That" & "Ballet After Dark"

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director, Model & Humanitarian

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