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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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