Sarah Sophie Flicker

National Organizer at Women's March & Creative Director

Issa Rae

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

Rachel Fleit

Documentary Filmmaker & Alopecia Awareness Advocate Known for "Bama Rush" and "Introducing, Selma Blair"

Mo Abudu

CEO of EbonyLife Group

Alice Waddington

Film Director, Writer, Photographer & Feminist

Yovanka Sanchez

Founder of La Mariposa Films, Entrepreneur, Storyteller, Women's Rights & Environmental Activist

Maya Washington

Filmmaker, Actress, Writer, Poet, Creative Director & Arts Educator

Celine Tricart

Filmmaker, Storyteller & Founder of Lucid Dreams Productions

Fagun Thakrar

Critically Acclaimed Actor, Writer-Director, Social Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Global Ambassador

Emily Best

Founder & CEO of Seed&Spark

Alma Har'el

Award-Winning Director & Founder of Free the Bid Free the Work

Erin Lee Carr

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

Marielle Heller

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

dream hampton

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

Paola Mendoza

Filmmaker, Activist, Co-author of NYT Bestseller; Together We Rise

Hannah Beachler

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

Nanfu Wang

Documentary Filmmaker, Director

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"

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.

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Lisa Cortés

Emmy-Winning Director & Producer Known for "Little Richard: I Am Everything;" Founder & President of Cortés Filmworks

Sundance 2023 - "Little Richard: I Am Everything" Director Lisa Cortes

Debra Martin Chase

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

America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Angela Bassett

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

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent

Chinonye Chukwu

Writer & Director Known for "Clemency" and "Till'; First Black Woman to Win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Dr. Qaali Hussein

Trauma Surgeon; Founder & CEO of Defiance Academy

Sadhvi Siddhali Shree

Jain Monk, Spiritual Director of Siddhayatan Retreat; Iraq-War Veteran, Author & Filmmaker