Dream Hampton Biography
Dream Hampton is a filmmaker, producer, and writer from the United States. Her credits include the Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which she executive produced in 2019, and An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, which she co-produced in 2012.
Dream Hampton Age
Dream was born in 1971, in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. She is 53 years old as of 2023.
Dream Hampton Family- Education
Hampton was born in 1972 in Detroit to an African American family and was named after Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. She attended New York University and majored in filmmaking.
Dream Hampton Husband
She has not gone public with her relationship. However, It is not known whether she is married, engaged, divorced, or single. However, Hampton has a daughter.
Dream Hampton Career
Hampton has contributed to the following publications: Vibe, Essence, Harper’s Bazaar, The Village Voice, Detroit News, The Source, and Spin. She collaborated on Jay-Z’s 2010 memoir Decoded. Hampton co-organized Black August, a benefit concert for political prisoners, as a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, an African-American activist group inspired by Malcolm X’s “Message to the Grassroots” address. Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert, her concert film about the event, premiered in 2010 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Treasure, a documentary on the 2011 murder of Shelley Hilliard, a 19-year-old transgender woman in Detroit, was directed by Hampton in 2013. After organizing a protest over Mcbride’s death, she filmed the short documentary We Demand Justice for Renisha Mcbride.
Surviving R. Kelly, a 2019 documentary series concerning R. Kelly’s decades of sexual abuse allegations, was executive produced by Hampton. According to Page Six, a Homeland Security investigator saw the series and launched a federal investigation into the victims’ claims. Kelly was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and other felonies following her release, for a total of 18 federal charges. She has worked as a Visiting Artist at Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts as well as a Kresge Artist Fellow. Hampton was a member of the Color of Change advocacy group’s board of directors as of 2020.
Dream Hampton Net Worth
Dream has an estimated net worth of 700 thousand dollars.
Dream Hampton Films
Behind The Music: The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
I Am Ali (2002)
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007)
Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert (2010)
QueenS (2012 music video)
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
The Russian Winter (2012)
Treasure
We Demand Justice for Renisha Mcbride
The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail
It’s A Hard Truth Ain’t It (HBO 2019),
Finding Justice (BET 2019
Burial of Kojo (Netflix 2019)
Surviving R. Kelly (2019),
We Hold These Truths (2022)
Freshwater (2022)
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023),