Zana Briski

Academy Award-Winning Director & Visionary Creator of Reverence

Tim Story

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

Kevin Willmott

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

dream hampton

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

Timothy Russ

Known for Role as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on "Star Trek: Voyager"

Amma Asante

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

F. Gary Gray

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

Reginald Hudlin

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

Richard Ayoade

English Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, and Director

Stanley Nelson Jr.

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

Robert Townsend

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

Karimah Westbrook

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

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"

Evan Handler

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

Terence Winter

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

Mitch Teemley

Writer, Filmmaker & Humorist; Best Known for his Multi-Award-Winning Feature Films "Healing River" & "Notzilla"

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Erika Alexander

American Actress; Founder of Color Farm Media; Thought Leader on Racial & Gender Equity

Sean Gullette

Lead Actor, "PI" by Darren Aronofsky, Filmmaker & Screenwriter

Elizabeth Berger

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Issac Aptaker

Producer and Writer Best Known for "Love, Simon" & "This Is Us"

Cynthia Froggatt

Cynthia C. Froggatt, author of Work Naked: Eight Essential Principles for Peak Performance in the Virtual Workplace and Principal of Froggatt Consulting, has more than 15 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies on aligning their workplace strat

Julia Kaganskiy

Global Editor of The Creators Project; A Curator & Cultural Producer Focused on Art & Technology

Andy Hickman

Change, Customer Service, Inspiration, Magic, Motivation, Personal Growth

Charlo Greene

Former Reporter, Cannabis Activist, Media and Culture Expert

Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave

Photojournalist, Historian, Author and Poet

Michelle Nelson

Founder and President of Back 2 Basics Marketing

Genifer Murray

Founder & CEO of CannLabs

Erin Condren

Erin Condren Design; Personalized Stationery, Notecards, Life Planners and Custom Designs

Jean Houston

Master Storyteller on the Creative Dimensions of Leadership