dream hampton

Directing

Detroit, Michigan, USA

dream hampton (stylized in lowercase letters, in emulation of feminist author bell hooks, who was an early influence) is an American cultural critic and filmmaker.

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Known for

Surviving R. Kelly

2019

movie

The Burial of Kojo

2018

movie

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

2012

Behind the Music

1997

movie

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

2025

movie

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

2007

movie

It's a Hard Truth Ain't It

2018

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

2023

movie

Songs from the Hole

2024

movie

I Am Ali

2002

Directing6

movie

It Was All a Dream

2024

Director

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

2023

Director

movie

Freshwater

2022

Director

movie

Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story

2015

Director

movie

The Black August Hip Hop Project

2010

Director

movie

I Am Ali

2002

Director

Production11

movie

Songs from the Hole

2024

Executive Producer

movie

This World Is Not My Own

2023

Executive Producer

Surviving R. Kelly

2019

Executive Producer

movie

The Burial of Kojo

2018

Co-Executive Producer

movie

It's a Hard Truth Ain't It

2018

Executive Producer

movie

A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush

2016

Producer

The Russian Winter

movie

The Russian Winter

2012

Producer

movie

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

2012

Co-Executive Producer

movie

The Black August Hip Hop Project

2010

Producer

movie

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

2007

Executive Producer

Behind the Music

1997

Associate Producer

Acting2

movie

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

2025

Self

movie

Freshwater

2022

Narrator

Writing1

movie

It Was All a Dream

2024

Writer