KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

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

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

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

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

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

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios; Philanthropist & Founder, Perry Foundation

Actress, Writer & Producer; Best Known for "All American"

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Golden Globe Nominated Actor & Producer Known for "BlacKkKlansman," "Ballers" & "The Piano Lesson"; Former NFL Running Back

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

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

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

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

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

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