Issa Rae

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

Marielle Heller

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" and "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

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

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Christina Hodson

Screenwriter, Known for "Bumblebee" & "Birds of Prey"

Lisa Joy

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

Diane Guerrero

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

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.

Jordan Peele

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

Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Break Down Their Directing Processes

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Director, Writer & Producer; Best Known for the Documentary "Blackfish"

Marsai Martin

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

Joey Soloway

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

Amandla Stenberg

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

Viola Davis

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

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Lena Dunham

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

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Bette Midler

Entertainer & Award-Winning Actress & Singer

Cheryl Dunye

Filmmaker, Director, Writer & Actress

Rick Famuyiwa

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

Kali Uchis

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Jenni Konner

Producer, "Girls"; Co-Founder of the Lenny Newsletter

Marlene King

Executive Producer and Showrunner of the ABC Family Teen Drama "Pretty Little Liars"

Michael Elliot

African-American Screenwriter of Award-winning Urban Culture Film; CEO of Michael Elliott Media; Founder of Krush Magazine

John Ridley

Oscar Winning Writer, ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Crime’

Ashley Michelle Berry

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Actress, TV & Radio Host

Sabine Heller

CEO of invitation only social community ASMALLWORLD, and Editor at large at Vogue.it and Purple.

Janet Mock

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

Faith Jegede Cole

Writer, Researcher & Blogger; Autism Sister/Advocate

Aubrey Plaza

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