dream hampton

Director

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (8)

• SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025, ★ 7.1)
• The Burial of Kojo (2018, ★ 6.5)
• An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012, ★ 5.4)
• Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007, ★ 6.2)
• It's a Hard Truth Ain't It (2018, ★ 6.8)
• Surviving R. Kelly (2019, ★ 7.1)
• Behind the Music (1997, ★ 7.3)
• Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023, ★ 7.9)