dream hampton

dream hampton (stylized as dream hampton in lowercase letters, in emulation of feminist author bell hooks, who was an early influence) is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Detroit. Her most recent works include the Frameline feature documentary "Treasure" (2015) the HBO feature documentary, "It's A Hard Truth Ain't It, (2019), the BET docu-series "Finding Justice" (2019) and Lifetime's “Surviving R. Kelly” (2019), which broke ratings records and had wide and far-reaching impact. hampton is the 2019 recipient of Ms. Foundation's "Gloria" award and was named one of 2019 TIME 100's most influential people in the world.