KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Creator & Executive Producer of the Documentary "She Did That," Which Offers An In-Depth Look at Black Women Entrepreneurs

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

Immersive Futurist, AI Thought Leader & Storyteller; Award-Winning XR Creator

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Producer & Actress; Life Coach, Mental Health Advocate & Author of "Black Girl in Love (with Herself)"

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

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

Award-Winning Operatic Countertenor, Singing Artist & Professor of Voice

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

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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

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

Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actor & Author; LGBTQ Advocate

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

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "Girls Trip" & "One Battle After Another"

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author