Issa Rae

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

Spike Lee

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

Ava DuVernay

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

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Boots Riley

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

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

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Diane Guerrero

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Robert Townsend

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

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Rick Famuyiwa

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

F. Gary Gray

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

Lena Dunham

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

Jordan Peele

Filmmaker, Producer, Actor & Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter; Known for "Get Out" & "Us"

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Denzel Washington

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

Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor, Producer, Director & Writer Known for "21 Jumpstreet" and "Straight Outta Compton"

Bill Duke

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

Debra Martin Chase

Award-Winning Television & Film Producer Known for "The Princess Diaries" and "Cheetah Girls"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Tyler Perry

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

Daniel Dae Kim

Actor, Director & Producer

Charles S. Dutton

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

Angela Bassett

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

Charles D. King

Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist, Producer, CEO of MACRO

Charles D. King Talks Macro Film Studios, Ownership Vs Capitol ...

dream hampton

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

Barry Jenkins

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

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

Kenya Barris

Screenwriter, ABC's "Black-ish", Producers Guild Visionary Award Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing

Joey Soloway

Comedian, Playwright, Writer & Director; Best Known for Amazon's "Transparent"

Carl Franklin

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"