Viola Davis

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

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Spike Lee

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

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Ava DuVernay

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

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Boots Riley

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

Jharrel Jerome & Boots Riley On ‘I’m a Virgo’ | SXSW 2023

Angelica Ross

Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & Actress in the FX Drama "Pose"

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Jordan Peele

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Tyler Perry

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

Angela Bassett

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

Raoul Peck

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

Mahershala Ali

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

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

Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Ice Cube

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

Winston Duke

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

Leslie Odom Jr.

Broadway Actor & Grammy Award Winning Singer

Jessica Williams

Actress, Comedian, Former Correspondent on "The Daily Show" & Co-Host of the "2 Dope Queens" Podcast

Ryan Coogler

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

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Lena Dunham

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”