Tribeca 24' Visual memoir hip-hop documentary "It Was All A Dream" slated for World Premier at TFF

This year at Tribeca, a groundbreaking 30-year account of hip hop's integration into American culture will make its World Premiere. Renowned filmmaker dream hampton, known for her compelling work in "Surviving R. Kelly," presents the feature documentary "It Was All A Dream." This archival documentary offers an inside look into the studio sessions behind landmark rap albums, narrated by hampton, capturing the essence of hip hop's golden age through her lens. "It Was All A Dream" is set to premiere on June 9th at the Tribeca Film Festival.This year at Tribeca, a groundbreaking 30-year account of hip hop's integration into American culture will make its World Premiere. Renowned filmmaker dream hampton, known for her compelling work in "Surviving R. Kelly," presents the feature documentary "It Was All A Dream." This archival documentary offers an inside look into the studio sessions behind landmark rap albums, narrated by hampton, capturing the essence of hip hop's golden age through her lens. "It Was All A Dream" is set to premiere on June 9th at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Award-winning filmmaker dream hampton’s IT WAS ALL A DREAM, a visual memoir about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop, will celebrate its World Premiere at Tribeca on Sunday, June 9th.

IT WAS ALL A DREAM is a feature-length archival documentary that takes its viewers inside the studio for the making of landmark albums by rap’s greatest voices. This thirty year old 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.

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

Sunday, June 9th at 8:00pm

SVA Theatre - 333 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

Directed by: dream hampton

Written by: dream hampton

Producers: Emir Lewis, dream hampton, Josh Begley, Morgan Willis

Starring: The Notorious B.I.G., Ice-T, Mobb Deep, Guru, Nikki D.

Logline: A visual memoir from director dream hampton's personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop.

Screening Section: Spotlight Documentary