Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Julie Dash

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

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Dee Rees

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Dustin Lance Black

Academy Award-Winning Writer of "Milk" & "J.Edgar"

Regina Hall

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

Dee Snider

Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor.

Julianne Moore

Academy Award & Emmy Award-Winning Actress

Ryan Murphy

Writer, Producer

Ryan Coogler

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter; Known for "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" & "Black Panther"

Dan Harmon

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

Michael Elliot

African-American Screenwriter of Award-winning Urban Culture Film; CEO of Michael Elliott Media; Founder of Krush Magazine

Alicia Vikander

Award-Winning Actress

Evan Handler

Actor, Author, Screenwriter & Journalist; Best Known for “Sex and the City,” and "Californication"

Alfonso Cuarón

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

Chloë Sevigny

Actress and Model; Known for "Boys Don't Cry" and "American Psycho"

Marlon Wayans

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

John David Washington

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

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Jon M. Chu

Film Director and Screenwriter; Best Known for "In The Heights," "Crazy Rich Asians" & "Step Up 2"

Kevin Willmott

Civil Rights Activist, Filmmaker, Commentator and Professor at The University of Kansas

Antoine Fuqua

Film Director & Producer Best Known for "Olympus Has Fallen" and "The Equalizer"

Antoine Fuqua dishes on 'The Equalizer 3'

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Liz Meriwether

Creator of FOX's "New Girl"

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Andrew Stanton

Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Voice Actor Based at Pixar Animation Studios

Joe Eszterhas

Screenwriter; Cancer Survivor; Anti-Semitism & Anti-Smoking Activist