Angela Bassett

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

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Issa Rae

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

Robert Townsend

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

Spike Lee

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

Charles S. Dutton

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

Forest Whitaker

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

Bill Duke

Filmmaker & Actor Known for "Commando" and "X-Men: The Last Stand"

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Ava DuVernay

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

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F. Gary Gray

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

Amandla Stenberg

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

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer; Known for "Abbott Elementary"

Tyler Perry

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

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

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

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

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Amma Asante

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

Regina Hall

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

Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Lupita Nyong'o

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Will Packer

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

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Nia Long

NAACP Image Award-Winning Television & Film Actress, Philanthropist

Rosie Perez

Actress, Choreographer, Activist & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Rick Famuyiwa

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Known for "The Wood" and "Brown Sugar"

Marsai Martin

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