KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

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

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & 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.

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

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "House of Cards;" First Muslim Actor To Win An Oscar

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

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

Writer & Director Known for "Love & Basketball" & Netflix's "The Old Guard"; First Black Woman to Direct a Major Comic-Book Movie

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

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

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

British-Ugandan Actor Known for "Get Out," "Black Panther" & "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Actor; Best Known for "Moonlight" and "The Retrieval"

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