KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Actor, Director & Comedian; Best Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "Girls Trip" & "One Battle After Another"

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

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

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director Known for "Atlanta," "Community" & "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; Grammy Award-Winning Musician Formerly Known as Childish Gambino

Grammy-Nominated Tony Award-Winning Actor & Comedian Known for "In Living Color," "The Color Purple" & "St. Denis Medical"

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

Award-Winning British Actress Known for "I Wanna Dace with Somebody," "Blink Twice" & "Mickey 17"

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

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"; Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

Humanitarian, Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Producer & Actor; Founder of Hillman Grad Productions; Advocate for Queer & BIPOC Voices

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious," "Empire," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" & "The Deliverance"; Founder, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning Writer, Director & Producer; Known for "Selma," "When They See Us" & "13th"; Founder of ARRAY

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

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

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Actor, Producer & Musician Known for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Men in Black" & "King Richard"