KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor and Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

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

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Film Director and Producer; Best Known for "Olympus Has Fallen" & "The Equalizer"

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"

Singer-Songwriter & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Writer, Producer