dream hampton is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Detroit. For three decades her essays and cultural criticism helped shape a generation. Her most recent works include the award winning short film “Freshwater” (NYT OpDocs/PBS, 2023) and “Ladies First” (Netflix, 2023). In 2019 she was showrunner and Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly” (Netflix), which broke ratings records and earned her a Peabody Award. That year she was named one of TIME 100’s most influential people in the world.
Tamar-kali is a vocalist, performer, award winning composer and Oscar shortlisted composer of Oscar nominated and Emmy award winning films. Whether her alt-rock power quintet or her all femme chamber ensemble, as a performer, she speaks her lyrical truth with a supreme passion and a voice that will shake your foundation and shatter your expectations with its soulful intensity. Her debut original score for Dee Rees’ Oscar-nominated “Mudbound” received the World Soundtrack Academy’s 2018 Discovery of the Year Award and was classified by Indiewire as one of the 25 Best Film Scores of the 21st Century.