• Actor, artist, and author of Down the Drain, Fox made her screen debut in the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems. She has since become a fashion icon and fearless voice for radical storytelling.

  • Emmy-nominated, AFI and Peabody Award-winning director, writer, and rapper from Brooklyn. Naim directed the pilot and all episodes of Netflix’s critically acclaimed, 100% Fresh-rated Mo, produced by A24 and Ramy Youssef.

  • Award-winning writer and director from Harlem. Her directing credits include HBO’s Insecure, NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. As a writer, Banks has contributed to Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Apple TV+’s Home Before Dark, and Showtime’s SMILF.

  • Star of Showtime’s Yellowjackets and Disney’s The Book of Boba Fett. Most recently, Thatcher appeared in A24’s award-winning horror Heretic, opposite Hugh Grant and Chloe East.

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