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

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

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

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

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

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

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"

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Harriet" and "Silence of the Lambs"

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "Freedom Summer" and "Attica"

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

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