The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Great Hip Hop Hoax | |
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Directed by | Jeanie Finlay |
Starring |
Gavin Bain Billy Boyd |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.[1] The film premiered at South by Southwest[2] and was later shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival,[3] before a national theatrical release in Scotland and broadcasts on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Four, and Danish station DR2.[4]
Reception
The movie has received positive reviews.[5][6][7] Both members of Silibil 'N Brains are reportedly happy with how the film turned out, though find it "bizarre" to watch with other people.[8]
References
- ↑ "The great hip hop hoax - How the 'rapping Proclaimers' lived a lie". BBC News. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Great Hip Hop Hoax: Scots who duped music industry by pretending to be America's hottest rappers land film deal". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Jeanie Finlay's Great Hip Hop Hoaxers at EIFF". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ "Dokumania: Det store hip-hop svindelnummer". 8 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ "The Great Hip-hop Hoax – review". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Gritten, David (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, review". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Film review: The Great Hip Hop Hoax (18)". London: The Independent. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Scots rappers who fooled an industry". 11 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
External links
- www.hiphophoax.com The Great Hip-Hop Hoax official site
- Storyville - The Great Hip-Hop Hoax at BBC Programmes
- The Great Hip Hop Hoax at the Internet Movie Database
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