Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Issa Rae

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

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

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

Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Viola Davis

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

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Spike Lee

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Aubrey Plaza

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

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"

Tyler Perry

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

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Carl Franklin

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

F. Gary Gray

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

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

Shonda Rhimes Reveals SHOCKING Method Behind Her Creative ...

Amandla Stenberg

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

Will Packer

Award-Winning Producer Known for "Think Like A Man" & "Straight Outta Compton"; Founder of Will Packer Productions

Ali Wong

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian & New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Beef" & "Always Be My Maybe"

Ali Wong Wins Female Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Voice Artist, Activist, Author & Investor

Nia Long

NAACP Image Award-Winning Television & Film Actress, Philanthropist

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Comedian, Director & Writer; Known for "White Chicks" and "In Living Color"

Robert Townsend

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

Angela Bassett

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

dream hampton

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

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"