Fake It So Real

Directed by

Robert Greene

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of independent wrestlers in North Carolina as they get ready for a big event. It shows the physical and emotional effort they put into their performances and their everyday lives.

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What happens

Fake It So Real is a 2011 American present tense documentary film that follows a group of ragtag wrestlers in North Carolina as they prepare for a big show. Functioning both as an essay on performance and a commentary on the working-class South. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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