Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Barry Jenkins

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

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

Karen Palmer

Futurist & Thought Leader Using Immersive AI for Participants to Experience Societal Implications of AI and AI Bias; Award-Winning XR Creator; Winner of SXSW XR Competition 2023

Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

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Jimmy Chin

Climber, Photographer & Filmmaker

Laura Dern

Actress, Director, Producer & Activist

Winston Duke

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

Nia DaCosta

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Brad Pitt

Actor, Producer, Philanthropist & Environmental Activist

Hannah Beachler

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

Beanie Feldstein

Actress Known for "Booksmart," "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" & "Lady Bird"

Olivia Colman

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

Amma Asante

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

Robert Redford

Actor, Director, Producer, Environmentalist & Founder of the Sundance Film Festival

Reginald Hudlin

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

Stanley Nelson Jr.

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

Bong Joon-ho

South Korean Director & Screenwriter Known for "Parasite" and "Okja"

Mahershala Ali

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

Renée Zellweger

Actress & Producer Known for "Bridget Jones's Diary," "Chicago" and "Judy"