Spike Lee

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

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Denzel Washington

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

Angela Bassett

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

Barry Jenkins

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

F. Gary Gray

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

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Viola Davis

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

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Winston Duke

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

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Boots Riley

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

Jharrel Jerome & Boots Riley On ‘I’m a Virgo’ | SXSW 2023

Yance Ford

Award-Winning Director & Producer

Bradford Young

Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Known for "Arrival" & "When They See Us"

Mahershala Ali

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

Ava DuVernay

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

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Issa Rae

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

Reginald Hudlin

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Tyler Perry

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

Carlos López Estrada

Film Director

dream hampton

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

Cheryl Dunye

Filmmaker, Director, Writer & Actress

Salim Akil

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

Daniel Kaluuya

British-Ugandan Actor Known for "Get Out," "Black Panther" & "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Ashton Sanders

Actor; Best Known for "Moonlight" and "The Retrieval"

Tim Story

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

Raoul Peck

Critically Acclaimed Haitian Filmmaker Known for "I Am Not Your Negro" & "Lumumba"

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"

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