KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

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

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

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

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

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

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

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

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

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

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