Dream Hampton
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]
It Was All A Dream (2024), director
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g 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 .
^ "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 .
^ a 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 .
^ a b "dream hampton Didn't Expect R. Kelly To Be Charged After 'Surviving R. Kelly' " . Essence . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "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 .
^ "About Us – Institute for Diversity in the Arts" . Stanford University . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "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
^ 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 .
^ "Join BlackStar Film Festival July 30 â€" Aug 2 in Philadelphia" . Black Enterprise . July 24, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "2015 BlackStar Film Festival Announces Award Winners" . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ a b c d "Ms. Foundation Honors dream hampton, Sana Amanat at Gloria Awards" . Ms. Foundation for Women . May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "The 100 Most Influential People of 2019" . Time . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "Variety's 2019 Power of Women New York Impact List" . Variety . April 2, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "Surviving R. Kelly" . www.peabodyawards.com . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ " "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 .
^ "Sheffield Doc/Fest, Banff announce 2019 award winners" . TBI Vision . June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ "The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Announces 2023 Residents and Opens Call for 2024 Applicants" . The Rockefeller Foundation . Retrieved September 30, 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ "The Russian Winter | 2012 Tribeca Film Festival" . Tribeca . Retrieved October 15, 2020 .
^ a b "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 .
^ "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 .
^ 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 {{citation }}
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External links
International National Artists