Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

D.B. Weiss

Executive Producer & Writer, "Game of Thrones"

Duffer Brothers

Writing & Directing Duo; Best Known for "Stranger Things"

Peter Dinklage

Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Known for his Role on "Game of Thrones"

George Pelecanos

Author, Independent Flim Producer & Television Writer

Lisa Joy

Co-Creator & Executive Producer of HBO's "Westworld"

J. Michael Straczynski

Writer and Producer for TV series, Feature Films, Comicsa & Author of "Becoming Superman"

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Ava DuVernay

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

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John Boyega

British Actor Known for "Star Wars"

Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Kirsty Spraggon

‎Talk show host. Speaker. Life absorber. People lover. Founder of Konnection Global and Executive Producer of Kirsty TV.

Janet Mock

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Donald Glover

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Terence Winter

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

Marlon Wayans

Actor, Director & Comedian; Known for "Scary Movie" & "White Chicks"

Tyler Perry

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

Spike Lee

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

Chloe Domont

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Ballers" & "Fair Play"

Mitch Teemley

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

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Julissa Calderon

Dominican-American Actress, Producer & Writer

Adepero Oduye

Nigerian-American Actress, Director, Singer & Writer

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary Director, Producer & Author of "All That You Leave Behind"

Geoff Rodkey

Emmy Award Winning Screenwriter & Children's Book Author Known for "The Tapper Twins" Books & "Daddy Day Care" Films

Winston Duke

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

dream hampton

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

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Elizabeth Berger

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

Boots Riley

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

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