IT WAS ALL A DREAM

SYNOPSIS

An NYU film student when she began shooting in 1993, dream hampton was already a provocative music journalist and critic with access to rap’s emerging superstars including her neighbor The Notorious BIG, Snoop, Mobb Deep and Method Man from Wu-Tang. The film takes viewers inside the studio for the making of landmark albums by rap’s greatest voices. This archive sat in storage for three decades and is a largely vérité journey. hampton’s narration, added 30 years later, is actually text from articles published in the early 90s.

World Premiere

Tribeca, 2024

"From the personal archives of journalist and filmmaker dream hampton, this visual ode to the golden era of hip-hop provides intimate access to some of rap’s biggest names, including dream herself."
Faridah Gbadamosi
Tribeca Festival
"IT WAS ALL A DREAM gives a fly-on-the-wall account of the early days of hip-hop, with director dream hampton calling out the disturbing misogyny she saw brewing in the music form she loved."
Karen McMullen
Urban World

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dream hampton

Documentary

English

USA

2024

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