KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

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

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

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

Writer & Director Known for "Love & Basketball" & Netflix's "The Old Guard"; First Black Woman to Direct a Major Comic-Book Movie

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

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

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

Critically Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

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

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

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

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