Dream Drives Jaguar: The Jaguar XK and Jaguar XJ

  filmmaker and author dream hampton describes her latest adventure driving two Jaguars.  Late last fall, I test drove a big bodied 2012 Jaguar XJ around Los Angeles. The cashmere metallic four-door sedan was so luxurious I damn near complained it didn’t come with a driver. (Never mind my “real” car’s a Ford that incidentally, not so long ago, owned Jaguar). I so wanted to experience the backseat I parked in the lot... Read More

Dream Cars: Range Rover Room

Tune in for episode 2 of flmmaker dream hampton’s “Dream Cars for Gotryke.” She also tumbles here. I was in Los Angeles to write a magazine cover story on a film actor. I was grateful to have a few days with the 2012 Range Rover. Anyone whose ever driven in Los Angeles knows how intimate one becomes with their vehicle, you can literally spend hours in traffic. I used to judge what I thought were my superficial Cali friends who  spend as much... Read More

Dream Cars: Driving Lessons

dream’s daughter's brand new-used 2010 Ford Fusion. Photo: dream hampton Filmmaker and writer dream hampton launches a new video series for Gotryke.com. A few weeks after I leased my 2011 Ford Edge, I let my daughter take her first drive. I lived in New York for two decades and my daughter spent her first 13 years there. We moved home to Detroit for a myriad of reasons; for family, for a book project, because the rent was too damn high. But... Read More

Driving with dream hampton

Gotryke’s newest contributor, dream hampton is on the move. The Eastside Detroit native is a filmmaker and writer who is everywhere at any given time. When she’s not making relevant, bold films like Black August or penning Jay-Z’s upcoming book “Decoded,” (in-stores Nov. 16 or available for pre-order here) she might just be flying a plane.  With this kind of pedigree, it’s obvious dream will make a helluva automobile... Read More

New Film: Black August

“Black August: A Hip Hop Benefit Concert,” a documentary directed by writer and filmmaker dream hampton, debuted at Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater on Thursday night to a sold-out auditorium. The event was essentially a social forum as the hallowed halls of Lincoln Center were transformed into a vibrant platform for social change with musical performance and informative dialogue preceding and following the screening. The film was... Read More