Name	Known for
Simon Frederick Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Outsiders? (2021)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Self - Actor and Director Self - Actor and Director See fewer	Farming (2018)
Debbie Allen Self - Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, and Producer Self - Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, and Producer See fewer	Fame (1982)
Harry Belafonte Self - Actor, Singer, Songwriter, and Activist Self - Actor, Singer, Songwriter, and Activist See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
John Boyega Self - Actor and Producer Self - Actor and Producer See fewer	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Earl Cameron Self - Actor (as Earl Cameron CBE) Self - Actor (as Earl Cameron CBE) See fewer	Inception (2010)
Diahann Carroll Self - Actress and Model Self - Actress and Model See fewer	Julia (1968)
Ruth E. Carter Self - Costume Designer Self - Costume Designer See fewer	Black Panther (2018)
Don Cheadle Self - Actor, Writer, Producer, and Director Self - Actor, Writer, Producer, and Director See fewer	Crash (I) (2004)
Ashley Clark Self - Film Journalist and Critic Self - Film Journalist and Critic See fewer	They've Gotta Have Us (2018)
Ernest R. Dickerson Self - Director and Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson) Self - Director and Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson) See fewer	Juice (1992)
Laurence Fishburne Self - Actor, Playwright, Producer, Screenwriter, and Director Self - Actor, Playwright, Producer, Screenwriter, and Director See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Nelson George Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
David Gyasi Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	Interstellar (2014)
Lil Rel Howery Self - Actor and Comedian Self - Actor and Comedian See fewer	Vacation Friends 2 (2023)
Barry Jenkins Self - Director, Producer, and Screenwriter Self - Director, Producer, and Screenwriter See fewer	If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Spike Lee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Kasi Lemmons Self - Director and Actor Self - Director and Actor See fewer	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Delroy Lindo Self - Actor and Theatre Director Self - Actor and Theatre Director See fewer	Get Shorty (1995)
Hattie McDaniel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
David Oyelowo Self - Actor and Producer (as David Oyelowo OBE) Self - Actor and Producer (as David Oyelowo OBE) See fewer	Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Sidney Poitier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Jussie Smollett Self - Actor, Singer, Director, and Photographer Self - Actor, Singer, Director, and Photographer See fewer	Empire (2015)
Robert Townsend Self - Actor, Comedian, Director, and Writer Self - Actor, Comedian, Director, and Writer See fewer	Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Brian White Self - Actor and Producer Self - Actor and Producer See fewer	Ambitions (2019)
Jesse Williams Self - Actor, Producer, and Activist Self - Actor, Producer, and Activist See fewer	The Cabin in the Woods (2011)