Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

Spike Lee

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

Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Issa Rae

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

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Hannah Beachler

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

Olivia Colman

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"

Phil Lord and Chris Miller

American Film and Television Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, and Animators, Best Known for Films "Cloud With a Chance of Meatballs," "The Lego Movie," "21 Jump Street," and "22 Jump Street"

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

Diane Guerrero

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

Alfonso Cuarón

Academy Award-Winning Mexican Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Editor

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Aubrey Plaza

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Lena Dunham

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

Timothy Hutton

Actor & Director

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Carlos López Estrada

Film Director

Charles D. King

Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist, Producer, CEO of MACRO

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

Winston Duke

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

Rick Famuyiwa

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

Salim Akil

Director of Popular TV Shows Including "Black Lightning" & "Being Mary Jane"

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Tim Story

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

Jim Jarmusch

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

Barry Jenkins

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

Mahershala Ali

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "House of Cards;" First Muslim Actor To Win An Oscar

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