KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

Award-Winning Actress, Rapper, Singer & Producer Known for "Chicago," "Hairspray" & "The Equalizer"

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

Tony & Emmy-Nominated Actress, Director & Podcast Host, "Meditate on This"

Acclaimed Actress, Political Activist, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner

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

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

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

Actor, Director & Screenwriter Known for "The Great Debaters," "Red Tails" & "The Birth of a Nation"; Creator of the HBCU Storytellers Project & Founder of The Nate Parker Foundation

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning Creator of ABC's "Abbott Elementary;" Writer, Actress & Stand-Up Comedian

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer Known for "Abbott Elementary"; Bestselling Author, "Redefining Diva"

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

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

Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate