2025

Panelists, Moderators, & Hosts

André Holland

Daily Jawn Guest

Tre Johnson

Daily Jawn Guest

Nora Mendis

Anne Ishii

Meg Onli

Rachael Abigail Holder

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Kevin Jerome Everson

Adam Piron

David Hartt

Charles Burnett

Joseph Patel

Elegance Bratton

Onye Anyanwu

Kahlil Joseph

Maori Karmael Holmes

Chief Executive & Artistic Officer

Shola Lynch

Rafael Samanez

Laurens Grant

Lana Garland

Ginou Choueiri

Charlie Raboteau

Ambreen Qureshi

Christine Turner

Director

JT Takagi

Sahar Driver

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Heidi Saman

Program Director

Louis Massiah

Filmmaker/ Director, Scribe Video Center

DJ Lynnée Denise

DJ, Artist

Yaba Blay

Director

A close-up photo of J. Wortham, a Black person with short curly hair, wearing glasses and an earring in their right ear. Their head is slightly tilted to the left as they look at the camera.

J Wortham

Q+A Moderator — The Great North

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Stanley Nelson

Director

Marcia Smith

Firelight Media

Natalie Bullock Brown

Filmmaker/Professor

Rashid Zakat

Filmmaker and Artist

Sonya Childress

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