Bill Duke, Kasi Lemmons, John Singleton, Carl Franklin, Fred Williamson, Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles, Matty Rich, Edward Zwick, Reginald Hudlin, Forest Whitaker, Chris Rock, Denzel Washington, Prince, Allen and Albert Hughes, Rusty Cundieff, Laurence Fishburne, Sidney Poitier
and of course, Spike Lee.