KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

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

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

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

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

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

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

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

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

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"

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Philanthropist & Producer; Known for "The Last of Us," "A Wrinkle in Time" & "Euphoria"

Award-winning Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Climate Change Activist