KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

NAACP Award-Winning Actress & Producer Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "Green Book"

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Producer & Actor; Founder of Hillman Grad Productions; Advocate for Queer & BIPOC Voices

Golden Globe Nominated Actor & Producer Known for "BlacKkKlansman," "Ballers" & "The Piano Lesson"; Former NFL Running Back

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

Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning Writer, Director & Producer; Known for "Selma," "When They See Us" & "13th"; Founder of ARRAY

Academy Award-winning Production Designer, Art Directors Guild Award Winner, Afrofuturist Cultural Curator

Film & TV Actress, Producer, Emmy & Golden Globe Nominee

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Author & Producer; Best Known for "The Help" & "Hidden Figures"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" & "Freedom Riders"; Co-Founder & Executive Director of Firelight Media

Emmy-Nominated Actress, Writer, Director & Producer; Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"

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

National Educator & Author; Former Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning