Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Barry Jenkins

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

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

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

dream hampton

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

Cynthia Erivo

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

Tyler Perry

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

Bette Midler

Entertainer & Award-Winning Actress & Singer

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Marsai Martin

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

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Winston Duke

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

Rebecca Sugar

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Nia DaCosta

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

Kali Uchis

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Hannah Beachler

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

Ariana Grande

Singer Known for "Thank U Next" & "God is a Woman"

Olivia Colman

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

Bill Duke

Filmmaker & Actor Known for "Commando" and "X-Men: The Last Stand"

Amma Asante

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

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Director, Writer & Producer; Best Known for the Documentary "Blackfish"

Tony Hale

Emmy Award-Winning Actor & Comedian

Charles D. King

Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist, Producer, CEO of MACRO

Daniel Kaluuya

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

Raoul Peck

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

Kenya Barris

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Reginald Hudlin

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