Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Award-winning Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Climate Change Activist

Lorraine Toussaint

Actress, Known for "Orange Is The New Black"

Wilmer Valderrama

Actor, Producer, Activist & Television Personality

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Daniel Dae Kim

Actor, Director & Producer

Boots Riley

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

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

George C. Wolfe

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Hannah Beachler

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

Barry Jenkins

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

Rami Malek

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Mr. Robot" & "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Christopher McQuarrie

American screenwriter, Producer and Director: Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects

Dan Harmon

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

Lee Daniels

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

Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker & World-Renowned Photographer; Directors of "Meru" & "Free Solo"

Brian Koppelman

Co-Creator & Executive Producer of Showtime's "Billions;" Known for "The Moment with Brian Koppelman" Podcast

Raoul Peck

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

Marsai Martin

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

Dee Rees

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Will Packer

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

Shawn Wayans

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Damon Wayans, Sr.

Actor & Comedian

Charles S. Dutton

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

Angela Bassett

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

Jay Duplass

Star of Amazon's Series "Transparent" & Writer of HBO's "Togetherness"

Mark Duplass

Director; Producer; Actor & Screenwriter Starring in HBO Series "Togetherness"