KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Actress, Author & Domestic Abuse Awareness Advocate

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

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

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

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

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

Actress Known for "I Wanna Dace with Somebody" & "Blink Twice"

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

Academy Award-Winning Director Known for "12 Years a Slave" & "Widows"

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

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

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

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