Ashley Michelle Berry

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Actress, TV & Radio Host

dream hampton

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

F. Gary Gray

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

Robert Townsend

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

Amma Asante

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

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

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"

Evan Handler

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

Karimah Westbrook

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

Ryan O'Connell

Star and Creator of "Special"; Author, LGBTQ Activist & Disability Advocate

Aija Mayrock

Activist, Poet, Performer & Bestselling Author of "The Survival Guide to Bullying"

Gina Prince-Bythewood

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

Gina Prince-Bythewood: ‘I have fought for my vision’

Tim Story

Film Director Known for "Ride Along" & "Think Like A Man"

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Elizabeth Alexander

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

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Kevin Willmott

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

Justin Simien

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer; Best Known for Directing the Award-Winning Film "Dear White People"

Kevin Breel

Stand Up Comic & Mental Health Activist

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer