dream hampton
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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.
Best known work
Surviving R. Kelly
2019
The Burial of Kojo
2018
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
2012
Behind the Music
1997
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007
It's a Hard Truth Ain't It
2018
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
2023
Songs from the Hole
2024
The Russian Winter
2012Filmography
2025
2024
It Was All a DreamDirector, Writer
2024
Songs from the HoleExecutive Producer
2023
2023
This World Is Not My OwnExecutive Producer
2022
Freshwateras Narrator, Director, Producer
2019
2018
The Burial of KojoCo-Executive Producer
2018
It's a Hard Truth Ain't ItExecutive Producer
2016
2015
2012
The Russian WinterProducer
2012
An Oversimplification of Her BeautyCo-Executive Producer
2010
The Black August Hip Hop ProjectDirector, Producer
2007
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than LifeExecutive Producer
2002
I Am AliDirector
1997