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

Amma Asante

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

Reginald Hudlin

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

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Tim Story

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

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

Stanley Nelson Jr.

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

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Kevin Willmott

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

Karimah Westbrook

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

Naima Coster

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

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’

Justin Simien

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

Logan Browning

Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Best Known for Her Roles in "Bratz: The Movie" & Netflix's "Dear White People"

Zana Briski

Academy Award-Winning Director & Visionary Creator of Reverence

Richard Ayoade

English Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, and Director

Amiyah Scott

Actress, Model, Author & LGBTQ Advocate

Alice Waddington

Film Director, Writer, Photographer & Feminist

Madison Butler

DEI Truth Teller, HR Change Maker, Builder of Inclusive Cultures & Startup Enthusiast

Amber Hikes

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Actor known for "Big Mouth"

Da'Vinchi

Hatian-American Actor Known For "Grownish"

Cornelius Swart

Journalist & Filmmaker

Ryan O'Connell

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

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Blair Imani

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100