American filmmaker and producer
dream hampton (stylized in
lowercase ) is an American filmmaker, producer, and writer. Her work includes the 2019 Lifetime documentary series
Surviving R. Kelly , which she executive produced, and the 2012
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty , on which she served as co-executive producer. She co-wrote Jay-Z's 2010 memoir
Decoded .
Early life and education
hampton was born to an
African American family in
Detroit in 1972, and has said she was named after Rev.
Martin Luther King 's "
I Have a Dream " speech.
[1]
[2]
[3] She stylizes her name in all-lowercase as a nod to author
bell hooks .
[1]
[4] She studied filmmaking at
New York University .
[1]
Career
hampton has written for
Vibe ,
Essence ,
Harper's Bazaar ,
The Village Voice ,
Detroit News ,
The Source , and
Spin .
[5] She co-wrote
Jay-Z 's 2010 memoir Decoded .
[6]
[7]
As a member of the
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement , an African-American activist group inspired by
Malcolm X 's "
Message to the Grass Roots " speech, hampton co-organized Black August, a
benefit concert for
political prisoners .
[8] Her concert film about the event, Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert , premiered at the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2010.
[9] In 2013, hampton directed Treasure , a documentary about the 2011 killing of
Shelley Hilliard , a 19-year-old transgender woman, in Detroit.
[10] She made the short documentary We Demand Justice for Renisha Mcbride after organizing a protest over
Mcbride's death .
[11]
hampton was executive producer of
Surviving R. Kelly , a 2019 documentary series about the decades of sexual-abuse allegations against
R. Kelly .
[12]
Page six reported that a Homeland Security agent had watched the series and started a federal investigation into the victims' allegations.
[13] After its release, Kelly was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and other crimes for an eventual total of 18 federal charges.
[13]
[14]
[15]
She has been a Visiting Artist with
Stanford University 's Institute for Diversity in the Arts and a Kresge Artist Fellow.
[16]
[17]
As of 2020, hampton served on the board of the advocacy group
Color of Change .
[18]
Recognition
Her short film I Am Ali was selected for the 2002
Sundance Film Festival
[19] and won "Best Short Film" at the
Newport Film Festival .
[20]
In 2015 she received a Richard Nichols Luminary award and Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story won Best Documentary at the
BlackStar Film Festival .
[21]
[22]
In 2019 hampton received a
Ms. Foundation Gloria Award and was named on the
Time 100 .
[23]
[24] She and
Brie Miranda Bryant and
Tamra Simmons , who worked with her on Surviving R. Kelly , were named to
Variety 's 2019 Power Women New York list.
[25]
Surviving R. Kelly received a
Peabody Award .
[26]
[27] It received an
MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary.
[28] It received a Rockies Award for "Program of the Year" at the
Banff World Media Festival .
[29]
In 2023 she received a Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Residency.
[30]
In 2024 she was selected by
The New Museum as the
Stuart Regen Visionary , for "individuals who have made major contributions to art and culture and who are actively imagining a better future".
[31]
Personal life
hampton is from Detroit and attended
New York University Tisch School of the Arts .
[32]
Filmography
Behind The Music: The Notorious B.I.G. (1997), associate producer
[1]
I Am Ali (2002), director
[1]
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007), executive producer
[1]
Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert (2010), director
[1]
QueenS (2012 music video) by recording artists
THEESatisfaction
[20]
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012), co-executive producer
[23]
The Russian Winter (2012), associate producer
[33]
Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story (2015), executive producer
[34]
[35]
We Demand Justice for Renisha Mcbride
[11]
The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail (New York Times 2016)
[34]
It's A Hard Truth Ain't It (HBO 2019), executive producer
[36]
Finding Justice (BET 2019), executive producer
[37]
Burial of Kojo (Netflix 2019), co-executive producer
[23]
Surviving R. Kelly (2019), executive producer
[23]
We Hold These Truths (2022), director
Freshwater (2022), director
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023), director, executive producer
[38]
See also
References
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h Andrew J. Rausch, I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture (Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011),
p 83
Archived October 15, 2020, at the
Wayback Machine .
^
"D Original: Interview With dream hampton" . The Starting Five . January 30, 2009.
Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
^ Gross, Terry (February 20, 2019).
" 'Surviving R. Kelly' Producer Dream Hampton Takes On Ecosystem That Supported The Star" .
NPR . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ Kornhaber, Spencer (October 2023).
"The Joy and the Funk and the Mire" . www.wikidata.org . Retrieved December 30, 2023 .
^
"The guest list: Dream fresh"
Archived October 15, 2020, at the
Wayback Machine , Vibe , 1998 Dec–1999 Jan;6 (10):44.
^ Andres Jauregui (May 18, 2015).
"Jay-Z And Beyonce Bailed Out Ferguson And Baltimore Protesters, Dream Hampton Says" . HuffPost . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"33 Women Music Critics You Need to Read" . Flavorwire . May 16, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ Ayan Islam, "
dream hampton's 'Black August: A hip hop benefit concert' documentary DC screening
Archived March 5, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine ", The Smugger , November 19, 2010.
^ "
Art + Revolution: Honoring Black August!
Archived October 7, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine ", Lincoln Center website.
^ Morgan, Glennisha (June 21, 2013).
" 'Transparent' Documentary Highlights Shelley Hilliard's Murder" . Huffington Post .
Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
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b Tiggett, Jai (June 8, 2015).
"Social Justice at the Forefront of LA Film Fest's June 11 #BlackLifeBlackProtest Event" . Huffington Post .
Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
^ Fortin, Jacey (January 4, 2019).
" 'Surviving R. Kelly' Documentary on Lifetime Details Sex Abuse Accusations" .
The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
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"dream hampton Didn't Expect R. Kelly To Be Charged After 'Surviving R. Kelly' " . Essence . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Singer R Kelly 'charged with sexual offences' " . BBC . February 22, 2019.
Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
^ Miller, Julie (June 13, 2019).
"The TV Documentaries With the Power to Change Culture" . Vanity Fair . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"About Us – Institute for Diversity in the Arts" .
Stanford University . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Meet the Kresge Artist Fellows" . Kresge Arts in Detroit . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ Rao, Sonia (June 8, 2020).
"TV shows shape how law enforcement is viewed. Where will they go from here?" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^
I Am Ali
Archived March 12, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , Sundance Institute Archives
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a
b Hairston, Gail (March 25, 2014).
"Writer, Producer dream hampton Shares New Film | Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies" . wrd.as.uky.edu . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Join BlackStar Film Festival July 30 â€" Aug 2 in Philadelphia" . Black Enterprise . July 24, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"2015 BlackStar Film Festival Announces Award Winners" . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Ms. Foundation Honors dream hampton, Sana Amanat at Gloria Awards" . Ms. Foundation for Women . May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"The 100 Most Influential People of 2019" .
Time . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Variety's 2019 Power of Women New York Impact List" . Variety . April 2, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Surviving R. Kelly" . www.peabodyawards.com . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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" "For Sama", "Surviving R. Kelly" among 2020 Peabody Award-winning docs" . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ Walsh, Savannah (June 17, 2019).
" 'Surviving R. Kelly' Won Best Documentary At The MTV Movie & TV Awards & The Twitter Reactions Show There Is A Lot Of Work To Do" . Bustle . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"Sheffield Doc/Fest, Banff announce 2019 award winners" . TBI Vision . June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Announces 2023 Residents and Opens Call for 2024 Applicants" . The Rockefeller Foundation . Retrieved September 30, 2023 .
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"Visionaries: dream hampton in Conversation with Rashida Bumbray and Jon Gray" . newmuseum.org .
^ Hunter, Branden (January 3, 2019).
"Surviving R. Kelly executive producer Dream Hampton has deep Detroit roots" .
Michigan Chronicle .
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"The Russian Winter | 2012 Tribeca Film Festival" . Tribeca . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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"An Interview With Legendary Writer and Activist dream hampton" . Repeller . April 11, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ Wilson, Brandon.
"LAFF Review: dream hampton's Devastating 'Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice; Mapping a Detroit Story' " . Shadow and Act . Archived from
the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .
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"Dream Hampton to Executive Produce and Direct New Limited Documentary Series from Cineflix Productions" . AP NEWS . June 1, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ West Savali, Kirsten (March 10, 2019).
" 'Finding Justice' on BET: A Conversation with Executive Producer dream hampton" . Essence . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
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Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Documentary, Music), Queen Latifah, Rah Digga, M. C. Lyte, Culture House, August 9, 2023, retrieved September 30, 2023 {{
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