The Great Hip-Hop Hoax (2013)

Original title

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

Directed by

Jeanie Finlay

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

18

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Scottish hip-hop duo fakes American accents and backgrounds to land a major record contract. The documentary follows their deception and its eventual unraveling.

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What happens

The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary film by Jeanie Finlay about a Scottish hip-hop duo called Silibil N' Brains, who pretended to be Americans to secure a £250,000 record deal with Sony. The film premiered at South by Southwest and was later shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, before a national theatrical release in Scotland and broadcasts on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Four, and Danish station DR2. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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