Issa Rae

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

Ava DuVernay

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

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Charles D. King

Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist, Producer, CEO of MACRO

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Boots Riley

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

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Tim Story

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

Carl Franklin

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

Spike Lee

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

Charles Stone III

TV, Music Video & Film Director Known for "Drumline" and "Paid in Full"

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Diane Guerrero

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

Ryan Coogler

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter; Known for "Fruitvale Station," "Creed" & "Black Panther"

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

F. Gary Gray

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

Jordan Peele

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

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Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Denzel Washington

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

Lee Daniels

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

Tyler Perry

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

dream hampton

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

Salim Akil

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

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"

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Amma Asante

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

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Will Packer

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

Viola Davis

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

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Aubrey Plaza

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

Kevin Willmott

Civil Rights Activist, Filmmaker, Commentator and Professor at The University of Kansas

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"